Stressful Life Events and Skin Diseases: An Additional Perspective from Research on Psychosomatic Dynamics in Systemic Lupus erythematosus

2002 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Schubert ◽  
W. Geser ◽  
B. Noisternig ◽  
P. König ◽  
G. Rumpold ◽  
...  
2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 832-839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingjun Pan ◽  
Yongmin Feng ◽  
Yanxia Peng ◽  
Hongjiu Zhou ◽  
Zhenzhen Deng ◽  
...  

Background/Aims: Basophils have been reported to infiltrate skin lesions in various skin diseases, but not in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This study investigated basophil infiltration in SLE and its mechanism. Methods: Twenty newly diagnosed SLE patients and twenty healthy controls were enrolled. Nine SLE patients underwent skin biopsies. Flow cytometric analysis the phenotype of peripheral basophils and their migration rate toward RANTES and MCP-1 were analyzed with the transwell culture system, also the expression of these two chemokines in skin tissue were analyzed with immunohistochemistry. Results: Increased activation and decreased numbers of peripheral basophils were observed in SLE patients compared with controls. Basophil migration into skin lesions of SLE patients were observed, but not in normal skin tissue. This migration was related to the upregulation of chemokine receptors CCR1 and CCR2 on basophils. In vitro studies showed that migration rate toward RANTES and MCP-1 increased significantly in basophils from SLE patients compared with those from controls. Consistently, high levels of RANTES and MCP-1 expression were observed in skin lesions from SLE patients but not in normal skin tissue. Conclusion: Basophil recruitment to skin lesions of SLE patients mediated by CCR1 and CCR2, which may contribute to tissue damage in SLE.


2018 ◽  
Vol 138 (5) ◽  
pp. S96
Author(s):  
M. Tarazi ◽  
R.G. Gaffney ◽  
D. Pearson ◽  
C.J. Kushner ◽  
V.P. Werth

1979 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-123
Author(s):  
Masahiro Idemori ◽  
Hideaki Hanamiya ◽  
Shoko Yasaka ◽  
Shoichiro Kudo ◽  
Tatsuyoshi Arao

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (S4) ◽  
pp. AB001-AB001
Author(s):  
Meera Tarazi ◽  
Rebecca G. Gaffney ◽  
David Pearson ◽  
Carolyn J. Kushner ◽  
Victoria P. Werth

2019 ◽  
Vol 180 (6) ◽  
pp. 1468-1472 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Tarazi ◽  
R.G. Gaffney ◽  
D. Pearson ◽  
C.J. Kushner ◽  
V.P. Werth

2004 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 788-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria I. Peralta-Ramírez ◽  
Juan Jiménez-Alonso ◽  
Juan F. Godoy-García ◽  
Miguel Pérez-García

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