Modern trends in Skin Pharmacology

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Preface: d. Tsambaos and h. Merk

List of contributors



Vitamin d3 analogs

Molecular actions of vitamin d and its analogs

Prosser d.e., jones g.



Mechanism of action of superactive vitamin d analogs through regulated receptor degradation



Calcium and vitamin d regulated keratinocyte differentiation

Bikle d.d., ng d., tu c-l., oda y., xie z.



Down-regulation of protease activities by vitamin d analogs during cell invasion and cancer metastasis

Koli k., keski-oja j.



1,25 dihydroxyvitamin d and photoprotection in skin cells

Mason r.s., holliday c.k., gupta r.



Effects of vitamin d3 analogs on the immunomodulatory function of keratinocytes and lymphocytes

Komine m., nishina h., ohtsuki m., nakagawa h., tamaki k.



Flow cytometric detection of ifn-γ and il-2 produced by cd4 and cd8 lymphocytes : in vitro effect of calcipotriol

Degiannis d., chaidaroglou a., koniavitou k., pasmatzi e., badavanis g., tsambaos d.



Short contact anthralin plus calcipotriol for topical treatment of chronic plaque psoriasis

Monastirli a., georgiou s., pasmatzi e., sakkis th., badavanis g., sgouros g., drainas d., sagriotis a., tsambaos d.



Optimizing the topical treatment of psoriasis with special reference to calcipotriol

Van de kerkhof p.c.m.



Calcipotriol treatment in childhood psoriasis

Youn j-i. Retinoids



Suppression of trna processing by arotinoids

Drainas d., papadimou e., monastirli a., merk h., tsambaos d.



Retinoid receptors and apoptosis of human cd34 positive hematopoietic progenitor cells

Josefsen d., smeland e.b.



Retinoid metabolism in cultured normal fibroblasts and keratinocytes

Roos t.c., oepen t., frank j., merk h., jugert f.k.



Retinoid metabolism in hacat keratinocytes : strong inducibility of raldh and cyp26 but not roldh

Jugert f.k., oepen t., frank j., merk h., roos t.c.



Uv-b irradiation suppresses the basal expression and inducibility of the all-trans-retinoic acid-4-hydroxylase (cyp 26) in hacat keratinocytes

Roos t.c., oepen t., rφsener i., hφler d., huppertz b., frank j., merk h., jugert f.k.



Uvb light suppresses and all-trans-retinoic acid induces apoptosis in human squamous cell carcinoma cell line scc-12

Roos t.c., oepen t., rsener i., frank j., merk h., jugert f.k.



Retinoid effects on spontaneous genetic alterations and on those induced by chemical and physical agents

Stephanou g.



Anticoagulant effects of synthetic retinoids and activated vitamin d3 [1,25(oh)2d3] analogs

Koyama t., ohsawa m., nakasawa f., shibamiya a.



Apoptosis-inducing retinoids and their potential for skin cancer prevention and therapy

Hail n., lotan r.



Chemoprevention of skin cancer with systemic retinoids: the high risk patient

Digiovanna j.j.



Effects of retinoids on bone metabolism and calcium homeostasis

Kindmark a., melhus h., johansson s.



Neuromuscular side effects of oral retinoids

Chroni e., tsambaos d.



Interferons

Signaling pathways regulated by the type i interferon receptor

Platanias l.c.



Molecular mechanims of induction of g1 to s phase transition by the human papillomavirus e6 oncoprotein

Li s., matlasewski g.j., koromilas a.e.



Interferon-alpha : role in inflammation and apoptosis

Tilg h.



Interferon α in dermatotherapy

Luger t.a.



Treatment of cutaneous t-cell lymphoma

Stadler r.



Interferon alpha-2a treatment of behcet’s disease

Georgiou s., monastirli a., pasmatzi e., sakkis th., sgouros g., tsambaos d.



Five-year follow-up of patients with classic kaposi’s sarcoma treated with interferon alpha

Pasmatzi e., monastirli a., georgiou s., zografakis ch., sakkis th., sgouros g., berger h., merk h., tsambaos d.



Miscellaneous

Long-term efficacy of tacrolimus (fk 506) ointment for red face in atopic dermatitis patients: an analysis of their backgrounds compared with response to tacrolimus ointment

Sugiura h., uehara m., hoshino n., yamaji a.



In vivo modulation of uv-induced erythema by dapsone metabolites applied topically

Aschoff r., wozel g.



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