The 1st Psoriasis Symposium, organised by the Psoriasis Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina in collaboration with the Skin Inflammation & Psoriasis International Network (SPIN), the International Society of Dermatology and the European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology, was held in Sarajevo on 13-15 October 2017.
The Symposium was intended to provide delegates with the latest research and facts on diagnoses and genetics of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, long-term treatment with available therapies and treatments in development.
Approximately 200 participants and 40 guests from 22 countries across three continents participated in the Symposium.
The Symposium’s scientific programme included lectures by 26 international invited speakers, with the aim of presenting contemporary achievements in psoriasis and exchanging experiences.
There were 46 lectures and 21 poster presentations as well as 5 sponsored satellite symposia.
The main topics of the Symposium were:
- Immune system and psoriatic disease
- Psoriasis as a systemic disease
- Psoriasis in childhood and pregnancy
- Clinical and diagnostic characteristics of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis
- Psoriasis therapy: from conventional therapies to biological drugs
- Free themes
As a partner organization, SPIN organized a session during this meeting.
Following the welcome and introductory speeches of SPIN Chair Professor Jo Lambert, lectures were held by the members of the SPIN Scientific Committee:
- Prof. Nejib Doss, Tunisia: Nail psoriasis: differential diagnosis
- Prof. Christopher Griffiths, UK: Systems medicine and psoriasis management
- Prof. Romana Ceovoc, Croatia: Topical treatments and phototherapy in the era of biologics
- Prof. Thomas A. Luger, Germany: Novel therapies for psoriasis: where are we going?
- Prof. Jo Lambert, Belgium: Tailored prescribing of biologicals: a challenge for the near future.
That event was also marked by the celebration of World Psoriasis Day - a day for awareness and advocacy for all people living with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis around the world!
Rich cultural and social programs and the unique multicultural spirit and historical heritage of Sarajevo city have contributed to the good mood of all participants wishing to meet again and to exchange some new experiences.
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A cross-sectional analysis of skin cancer risk in patients receiving narrow-band ultraviolet B phototherapy: an evaluation of 100 patients.
Arch. Dermatol. Res..
2020 May , 312, (4):249-253.
Narrow-band ultraviolet B (NB-UVB) phototherapy is an effective and widely used treatment modality for psoriasis and other inflammatory skin diseases. The carcinogenic effect of PUVA treatment has been investigated extensively, but there is very scarce data about the role of NB-UVB in the development of skin cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential carcinogenic risk of NB-UVB therapy in various skin disorders. In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated 100 patients (...)
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A potential association between psoriasin to rs4819554 of IL-17RA gene polymorphism in psoriasis Egyptian patients.
Arch. Dermatol. Res..
2020 May , 312, (4):273-281.
Interleukin 17 (IL-17) is one of the pro-inflammatory cytokine. Psoriasin is a noticeably over-expressed protein found in the skin lesions of psoriatic patients. Our current study was planned to examine the association of (- 947 A/G) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in IL-17RA promoter region (rs4819554) with psoriasis susceptibility in Egyptian psoriatic patients. Our study included 100 patients and 100, age as well as sex matched, control groups. IL-17RA SNP association was studied (...)
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Repurposing an old drug for new use: Niclosamide in psoriasis-like skin inflammation.
J. Cell. Physiol..
2020 Jun , 235, (6):5270-5283.
Drug discovery is an onerous, extremely expensive, and time-consuming process. Instead, drug repurposing is an attractive strategy for exploiting novel indications for a drug beyond its original use. The untapped potential of drug repurposing compensates the barriers associated with the drug discovery pipeline. Psoriasis is an autoimmune skin disease, where hyperproliferation of keratinocytes and exaggerated immune responses are the important hallmarks of the disease. Extensive in vitro and (...)
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Drug delivery system of dual-responsive PF127 hydrogel with polysaccharide-based nano-conjugate for textile-based transdermal therapy.
Carbohydr Polym.
2020 May 15, 236:116074.
Pluronic F-127 based dual-responsive (pH/temperature) hydrogel drug delivery system was developed involving polysaccharide-based nano-conjugate of hyaluronic acid and chitosan oligosaccharide lactate and applied for loading of gallic acid which is the principal component of traditional Chinese medicine Cortex Moutan recommended in the treatment of atopic dermatitis. The polysaccharide-based nano-conjugate was used as pH-responsive compound in the formulation and its amphiphilic character (...)
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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, (...)
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Physiology and Pathophysiology of Itch.
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 (...)
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