BACKGROUND Among the various types of folliculitis, differentiation of Malassezia folliculitis (MF) from other forms of folliculitis is important because it is usually treated with antifungal agents. OBJECTIVE We attempted to find a method to enhance the detection rate of MF, and examined the differences in the clinical manifestation between MF and non-MF (NMF). METHODS We performed a retro...

Cancer stem cell behavior is thought to be largely determined by intrinsic properties and by regulatory signals provided by the microenvironment. Myelofibrosis (MF) is characterized by hematopoiesis occurring not only in the marrow but also in extramedullary sites such as the spleen. In order to study the effects of these different microenvironments on primitive malignant hematopoietic cells, w...

Mycosis fungoides (MF) is the most common type of cutaneous T cell lymphoma. In this study, we used matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (MALDI-FTICR-MS) to perform lipidomic profiling of 5 MF tissue samples and 44 serum samples (22 from MF patients and 22 from control subjects). Multivariate statistical analysis of the mass spe...

The filarial parasite Onchocerca volvulus is the causative agent of river blindness. The adult worms produce microfilariae (mf), which are responsible for the disease pathogenesis; mf activate the complement system, but the activation stops before the formation of terminal complement complexes. Because of the arrest of complement activation, this study analyzed binding of the main alternative p...

When common factors strongly influence two cross-correlated time series recorded in complex natural and social systems, the results will be biased if we use multifractal detrended cross-correlation analysis (MF-DXA) without considering these factors. Based on temporally weighted (MF-TWXDFA) proposed by our group partial (MF-DPXA) Qian et al., propose a new method---multifractal (MF-TWDPCCA) to ...

The organic solvent extraction of Armillaria mellea showed different highly intrinsic fluorescent compounds either in rhizomorph or in hyphae (F , F , F , MF , MF and MF ). The characterization of ultraviolet and fluoro-spectrophotometry of these compounds has been exhibited. Thin layer chromatography and fluorescent spectrum of hyphae and rhizomorph indicated an additional compound (FH) ...

The robustness and prolongation of multiple filamentation (MF) for femtosecond laser propagation in air are investigated experimentally and numerically. It is shown that the number, pattern, propagation distance, and spatial stability of MF can be controlled by a variable-aperture on-axis pinhole. The random MF pattern can be optimized to a deterministic pattern. In our numerical simulations, w...

Mammillary fistula (MF), or Zuska’s disease, is a recognized and well-documented clinical entity. Among the many articles on MF, none makes a comment on, much less a survey of, extramammary physical findings, although authors from Zuska onward have noted the similarity of MF to anal fistula in presentation and treatment. In the cases presented here, we noted hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) lesion...

In order to clarify the activity of magnetic fields on their frequency against the body, inhibitory activity against vasomotion of mouse skin arterioles was observed using a intravital-microscope after exposing the mouse whole body to 0.46 mT magnetic fields of extremely low frequency (ELF-MF: 25, 50 and 100 Hz) and direct current (DC-MF) which are approximately 10 times as strong as terrestria...

© 2009 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-0665 Journal Compilation © 2009 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Sir, Folliculotropic mycosis fungoides (MF) is a rare variant of MF characterized by the presence of folliculotropic infiltrates and preferential involvement of the head and neck area. The prognosis of patients with folliculotropic MF is worse than that of patients with classical...