Hidradenitis suppurativa has been described as a chronic, recurrent, and disabling inflammatory disease involving the entire hair follicle. Several treatments, including photodynamic therapy, have been used, but the results have been inconsistent and recurrence is high. In this prospective study, we evaluated disease severity, quality of life, and treatment tolerance in 5 patients with moderate...

Sherri D. Rinker, 1 Michael P. Trombley, 1 Xiaoping Gu, 1 Kate R. Fortney, 2 and Margaret E. 7 Bauer 1 * 8 9 Departments of Microbiology and Immunology 1 , Medicine 2 , Indiana University School of 10 Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Room MS 420, Indianapolis, IN, 46202-5124 11 12 13 14 Running title: MTR transporter-mediated AP resistance in H. ducreyi 15 16 17 18 * Corresponding author. Mailing ...

The brain needs interleukin-6 (IL-6) to maintain a “healthy” energy balance 1 2 Focus on “IL-6 ameliorates defective leptin sensitivity in DIO ventromedial hypothalamic 3 nucleus neurons” 4 5 6 Thomas A. Lutz 7 Institute of Veterinary Physiology and 8 Center of Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP) 9 University of Zurich 10 Winterthurerstrasse 260 11 8057 Zurich 12 Switzerland 13 14 phone + 41 – ...