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Mahmood A et al.
UV spectrophotometric method for simultaneous estimation of betamethasone valerate and tazarotene with absorption factor method: Application for in-vitro and ex-vivo characterization of lipidic nanocarriers for topical delivery.
Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc. 2020 Jul 05, 235:118310.

The present study elucidates the development of an accurate, precise and simple simultaneous estimation method for the routine analysis of Betamethasone Valerate (BV) and Tazarotene (TZ). This combination is widely used in the treatment of psoriasis. No method has been reported so far for the simultaneous estimation of BV and TZ in topical dosage forms. The method proposed by this study for the quantification of BV and TZ is the Absorption factor method. The developed method was validated (...)

Devos M et al.
Sensing of endogenous nucleic acids by ZBP1 induces keratinocyte necroptosis and skin inflammation.
J. Exp. Med.. 2020 Jul 06, 217, (7).

Aberrant detection of endogenous nucleic acids by the immune system can cause inflammatory disease. The scaffold function of the signaling kinase RIPK1 limits spontaneous activation of the nucleic acid sensor ZBP1. Consequently, loss of RIPK1 in keratinocytes induces ZBP1-dependent necroptosis and skin inflammation. Whether nucleic acid sensing is required to activate ZBP1 in RIPK1-deficient conditions and which immune pathways are associated with skin disease remained open questions. Using (...)

Fereig SA et al.
Tackling the various classes of nano-therapeutics employed in topical therapy of psoriasis.
Drug Deliv. 2020 Dec , 27, (1):662-680.

Psoriasis is a dermatological chronic skin condition with underlying autoimmune etiology. It deeply affects patients' quality of life. Therefore, it was an interesting target for researchers throughout the past years. Conventionally, the treatment options include anti-inflammatory agents, immune suppressants, biologic treatment, and phototherapy. Nanotechnology offers promising characteristics that allow for tailoring a drug carrier to achieve dermal targeting, improved efficacy and (...)

Boer DEC et al.
Skin of atopic dermatitis patients shows disturbed β-glucocerebrosidase and acid sphingomyelinase activity that relates to changes in stratum corneum lipid composition.
Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids. 2020 Jun , 1865, (6):158673.

Patients with Atopic Dermatitis (AD) suffer from inflamed skin and skin barrier defects. Proper formation of the outermost part of the skin, the stratum corneum (SC), is crucial for the skin barrier function. In this study we analyzed the localization and activity of lipid enzymes β-glucocerebrosidase (GBA) and acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) in the skin of AD patients and controls. Localization of both the expression and activity of GBA and ASM in the epidermis of AD patients was altered, (...)

Cevikbas F et al.
Physiology and Pathophysiology of Itch.
Physiol. Rev.. 2020 Jul 01, 100, (3):945-982.

Itch is a topic to which everyone can relate. The physiological roles of itch are increasingly understood and appreciated. The pathophysiological consequences of itch impact quality of life as much as pain. These dynamics have led to increasingly deep dives into the mechanisms that underlie and contribute to the sensation of itch. When the prior review on the physiology of itching was published in this journal in 1941, itch was a black box of interest to a small number of neuroscientists (...)

Combarros D et al.
Update on canine filaggrin: a review.
Vet Q. 2020 Dec , 40, (1):162-168.

Human filaggrin (FLG) plays a key role in epidermal barrier function, and loss-of-function mutations of its gene are primarily responsible for the development of human atopic dermatitis (AD). FLG expression is also reduced in the epidermis of atopic patients, due to the transcriptional effect of Th2 type cytokines. Canine atopic dermatitis (CAD) is a prevalent skin disease that shares many clinical and pathogenic features with its human homologue. The aim of this review is discuss current (...)