May 2025 in “The Journal of Rheumatology” This case report describes a 47-year-old woman with dilated cardiomyopathy as the first sign of primary antiphospholipid syndrome, highlighting the need for APS screening in similar patient presentations.
May 2025 in “The Journal of Rheumatology” This case report details a rare instance of primary adrenal insufficiency as a manifestation of antiphospholipid syndrome, with the patient successfully managed through glucocorticoids, warfarin, and hydroxychloroquine.
May 2025 in “The Journal of Rheumatology” This case report describes a woman whose initial presentation of SLE was persistent watery diarrhea, diagnosed as lymphocytic enterocolitis, and shows that immunosuppressive therapy resulted in symptom relief.
June 2022 in “Organic communications” This study explores potential treatments for post COVID-19 complications using natural substances through molecular docking, but reports no new clinical results and existing treatments remain limited to prophylaxis and therapeutics.
April 2021 in “European journal of medical and health sciences” This study observed an increase in alopecia cases among patients recovering from COVID-19 in Bangladesh during the pandemic compared to the previous year.
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May 2020 in “Frontiers in Public Health” Insulin resistance linked to obesity may increase COVID-19 severity.
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July 2002 in “Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This article discusses multiple minute digitate hyperkeratosis in a dermatological context and reports no new clinical findings; the authors focus on a descriptive review.
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January 2010 in “Türkiye klinikleri tıp bilimleri dergisi” This case report describes a man with metastatic thymoma and diffuse pleural dissemination mimicking malignant mesothelioma, who also had alopecia areata without the presence of myasthenia gravis.
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January 2009 in “JEADV. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology/Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This review discusses the application of liposomes in dermatology, highlighting their therapeutic value for drug stabilization, skin penetration enhancement, and treatment of hair follicle-associated disorders, but reports no new clinical results.
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January 2011 in “EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS” This study describes a novel hairless mutant rat strain, F344-Hr(krh), developed via ENU mutagenesis, which provides a model for skin disease and potentially focal glomerulosclerosis due to specific genetic mutations.
December 2025 in “BMC Medical Genomics” This study demonstrated that RNA-seq can effectively expand hair follicle transcriptomic profiling in a multi-center study, offering deeper insights than blood transcriptomics alone.
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November 2012 in “PloS one” This study found that dysregulation of the folliculin-p0071 interaction may lead to changes in cell adhesion and signaling, contributing to conditions like emphysema and renal cell carcinoma.
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January 2018 in “International Journal of Dermatology” This review discusses chemotherapy-induced alopecia, highlighting its pathogenesis, clinical patterns, and current therapeutic approaches, with no new clinical results reported.
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March 2017 in “Scientific reports” This study investigated the role of NLRP3 inflammasomes in alopecia areata and found that outer root sheath cells may contribute to inflammation by increasing IL-1β and HMGB1 secretion when stimulated with double-stranded RNA.
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October 2018 in “Aesthetic Plastic Surgery” This review discusses the potential mechanisms of platelet-rich plasma in facial rejuvenation and reports no new clinical results, indicating a theoretical basis for its use in tissue regeneration.
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January 2022 in “Journal of Menopausal Medicine” This review discusses the impact of COVID-19 on hormone therapy in gynecology, emphasizing the need for more high-quality evidence for individualized management, but it reports no new clinical results.
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June 2020 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” This study found that the PP2A-B55α regulatory subunit is crucial for ectodermal development in mice, with knockout embryos displaying severe neural and epidermal defects and failing to survive to birth.
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June 2022 in “Frontiers in immunology” This study observed that expanding regulatory T cells in the skin of mice with alopecia areata did not reverse the condition, indicating that additional immunotherapy may be necessary.
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September 2023 in “Frontiers in immunology” This study discusses the epithelial-immune microenvironment in chronic skin diseases, such as psoriasis and atopic dermatitis, and highlights current and future treatment strategies targeting inflammatory loops within these diseases.
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July 1988 in “JAMA” This article discusses reported cases of diffuse scalp hair thinning in women using amphetamines and suggests no clear cause-effect relationship with amphetamine use based on available evidence.
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June 2023 in “International journal of basic science in medicine” In this review, the potential medicinal benefits of Adiantum capillus-veneris L. (a plant used in traditional medicine) were highlighted, particularly its antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory effects, although the authors noted the need for more research on its impact on respiratory diseases.
July 2025 in “Scientific Reports” In this study, researchers explored drug repurposing as a potential strategy for treating psoriasis and identified Pioglitazone, Trimipramine, and Dimetindene as promising candidates for this indication, based on molecular docking and predictive algorithms.
December 2024 in “Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” This study found that AA may have a protective role in the progression of both HBDC and CRC, suggesting potential new research avenues for treatments of these conditions.
June 2023 in “Research Square (Research Square)” This study identified shared gene expression changes and immune cell infiltration patterns that may contribute to hair loss in alopecia areata and cutaneous lupus erythematosus, but also highlighted factors that might preserve hair in psoriasis patients.
March 2023 in “Seminars in reproductive medicine” This review discusses the link between polycystic ovary syndrome and sleep problems, primarily obstructive sleep apnea, and calls for more research on other sleep disturbances in affected women and adolescent girls.
February 2022 in “International journal of KIU” This review discusses genetic susceptibility and dietary factors influencing COVID-19 severity and summarizes the genetic variants linked to infection outcomes, but it reports no new clinical results.
January 2022 in “International Journal of Medical Research” This article discusses the negative impact of chemotherapy on healthy cells, noting side effects like decreased blood cell production and hair loss, but reports no new findings.
This article responds to "The Assessment and Treatment of Geezers" by highlighting that some individuals protest against perceived self-importance and verbosity despite fitting the geezer definition.
This overview discusses the condition and treatments for alopecia areata, highlighting that the JAK inhibitor baricitinib, recently approved for severe cases, shows unprecedented effectiveness but raises cost and risk debates regarding treatment of this primarily cosmetic autoimmune disorder.
In this study, researchers observed that dysregulated innate lymphoid cells type 1, alongside CD8+ T cells, may contribute to the pathogenesis of alopecia areata by affecting hair follicle health.