Cell migration is mediated by a group of chemotactic cytokines called chemokines: low molecular weight molecules that have been shown as important leukocyte chemical attractants to sites of inflammation and infection. Eotaxin-1, also called CCL11, was first described in 1994, as a highly specific eosinophils chemokine. Many cell types including lymphocytes, macrophages, bronchial smooth muscle ...

Vol. 26 No. 5, 2014 661 Received July 23, 2013, Revised October 17, 2013, Accepted for publication October 17, 2013 Corresponding author: Kyu Uang Whang, Department of Dermatology, Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul, 59 Daesagwan-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 140-743, Korea. Tel: 82-2-709-9369, Fax: 82-2-709-9347, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the te...

There have been considerable advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology of pruritus in recent years. The purpose of this review was to highlight itch entities in women, and in particular pruritic vulvar dermatoses that women experience among different age groups. Unique temporal shifts may contribute to the etiology of many of these conditions. These changes lead to cyclical changes i...

bullous pemphigoid is an immunobullous disease with high mortality and morbidity. different aspects and characteristics in the patients vary in different areas in the world. our objective was to study clinical and demographic characteristics of bullous pemphigoid in iranian patients. in a retrospective descriptive study, we reviewed 122 patients with bullous pemphigoid within 1987-2007. demogra...

Background Apart from bullous pemphigoid (BP), the association of other autoimmune diseases (AIBDs) with neurological conditions is poorly understood. Objective To estimate between a wide array AIBDs and conditions. Methods A retrospective cross-sectional study recruited patients BP, mucous membrane (MMP), epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA), gestationis (PG), pemphigus vulgaris (PV) foliaceu...