Brigitte Dreno

..To evaluate the expression of innate immunity markers at the site of nodules caused by hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)...

..To address these problems we developed a specific compartmentalised bag allowing efficient expansion of tumour-specific T lymphocytes in an easy handling, closed system...

..This therapeutic strategy is based both on an analysis of the literature and the personal experience of the experts...

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..Many acne grading methods exist; however, there is no agreed-upon standard. Our objective was to create and validate a reproducible acne assessment scale for rating the severity of juvenile facial acne suitable for use in France and Europe...

..It has been shown by different data that it could play a crucial role not only in the regulation of adaptative immunity but also in innate immunity which plays a crucial role in skin...

..Topical and oral antibacterials should not be used in combination for the treatment of acne vulgaris, since this association may increase the risk of bacterial resistance...

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..Acne often results in permanent, badly tolerated, difficult to treat scars...

..Recommendations cover optimal choice of antibiotic, drug doses, duration of treatment, combination treatment, and maintenance therapy...

..This finding provides physiological support to the clinical observation that stress can induce acne...

..Zinc, which basically targets inflammatory acne, is a possible option for pregnant women and during the summer. Cosmetic care is also a fundamental part of acne treatment...

..Thus, association of zinc salts via a systemic route and topical erythromycin treatment seems an interesting option in the light of an increasing number of patients carrying erythromycin resistant Propionibacterium acnes strains...

..The aim of this paper is to perform a review of standard and new treatments. Method: This paper provides a literature review of the different treatments of PCBCL...

..Finally, there are now validated quality of life scales that are easy to use during patient consultations (taking <2 minutes to complete) by clinicians wishing to evaluate quality of life in patients with acne...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate the tolerance and the efficiency of RAL (0.1%)/GA (6%) in adult women with acne when used alone or in combination with their usual acne products except retinoids...

..The profile of acne patients evolved slightly between 1996 and 2000 and interestingly the treatments were modified to take into account the information in the literature such as bacterial resistance or severe side effects...

..If these treatments are to realize their full potential, it will be essential to understand how the tumor induces immune tolerance...

..Oral antibiotics in association with a topical retinoid with or without benzoyl peroxide (BPO) are the recommended first-line option in the treatment of moderate to severe acne vulgaris...

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..Actually, acne is regarded today as a chronic disease requiring treatment of induction and maintenance...

..Thus, over the course of an adoptive cell transfer, monitoring this melanoma-specific T-cell expansion in patient blood appears crucial for predicting the clinical efficiency of such an immunological approach...

..This study documents the existence of a large TCR repertoire specific for the MELOE-1/A2 epitope and its capacity to give rise to antitumor CTL that supports the development of immunotherapies targeting this epitope...

..These results further support the relevance of Melan-A/MART-1 antigen as a prime target for immunotherapy protocols in melanoma...

..Our data show that this nonapeptide is a new tool that could be used to generate melanoma-specific T cells for adoptive immunotherapy or serve as a peptide vaccine for HLA-B*4002 melanoma patients...

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..High Foxp3 expression might thus enable the identification of patients most at risk of relapse...

..However, with regard to certain sub-groups, such as stage III samples, tumour gene expression was significantly associated with survival...

..Only eight cases of cutaneous lymphomas associated with treatment with TNF-? blockers have been published previously. Most of these eight cases related to anti-TNF? antibodies; only two were linked to etanercept...

..Together, our results suggest that infused CTL clones may have initiated an antitumor response that may have resulted in the expansion of a Melan-A-specific CTL repertoire...

..Altogether, these new multimers fulfill all the necessary requirements to select clinical grade T lymphocytes and should facilitate the development of ACT protocols in cancer patients...

..These observations were confirmed at the mRNA level for IGF-1R in NHEKs. These results demonstrate that P. acnes can induce the formation of comedones by stimulating the IGF/IGF-1R system. Moreover, zinc downregulates this pathway...

..It can be assessed without any computer or calculator and is based on the self-assessment of the melanoma risk factors by the patient and thus is not medical time consuming...

..This manuscript addresses the question of the existence and above all the role of this non-conventional DP sub-population among tumor associated lymphocytes in melanomas...

..TLR-7 and -9 proteins were expressed ex vivo and in vitro. Our study demonstrates for the first time that melanoma cells express TLR7 and -8...

..Hidradenitis suppurativa (Verneuil's disease) is a chronic suppurative dermatosis involving apocrine glands with a severe impact on the quality of life, which is enhanced by the fact that the drugs usually prescribed are poorly effective...

..Although clinical results are starting to be published, cellular immunotherapy remains in the field of clinical research, within the framework of clinical trials...

..To assess the rate of objective response to pegylated liposomal doxorubicin hydrochloride (Caelyx) in patients with advanced or refractory cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL)...

..The programme had a beneficial effect on the children's knowledge persisting for at least a few months but had no impact on their behaviour towards the sun...

..3% and 29.1% of the patients in the lithium group, and 5.1% and 3.8% respectively in the placebo group. This study confirms the effectiveness of 8% lithium gluconate ointment in the treatment of seborrhoeic dermatitis...

..Because MMP-2 activity is critical for melanoma progression, the MMP-2 peptide should be cross-presented by most progressing melanomas and represents a unique antigen for vaccine therapy of these tumors...

..We conclude that high-dose zinc gluconate can therefore be a valuable alternative treatment for localized scleroderma, with good tolerability, although placebo-controlled studies are necessary to confirm our results...

..Furthermore, self-screening with the self-assessment questionnaire is easily feasible and is accurate for identifying high-risk individuals. This tool might be useful for carrying out melanoma-targeted screening...

..In conclusion, this study demonstrates that it is not indispensable to perform a routine BMB for a Primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma with cutaneous lesions on examination and with negative CT Scan and blood laboratory evaluations...

..This study is the largest series of patients with multifocal primary PCFCL treated with intravenous rituximab. This therapy is a safe and effective treatment and could represent an excellent alternative treatment to radiotherapy...

..The treatment with bexarotene does not seem to affect the regulatory T-cell compartment...

..However, overall response rates are low, with only few complete remissions and short response durations...

..The diminution of TLR2 expression by Li may not allow MF to trigger inflammation response in lesional skin...

..Our aim was to examine the specific clinical and therapeutic characteristics of acne in women seen in our practice...

..Previous recent studies have suspected the involvement of viral agents and particularly human herpes viruses (HHV).The aim of the present study was to screen for the presence of HHV-6 and HHV-8 genome in parapsoriasis samples...

..This is, to our knowledge, the first description of the presence of EBV-specific T lymphocytes among tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes infiltrating the lesional skin of a patient with Sézary syndrome...

..As a result, after a short prior training, the ABCDE rule clearly seems to be a valuable tool. Dermatologists retain an important role both in the diagnostic confirmation of melanomas and in the training of general practitioners...

..The Cardiff Acne Disability Index (CADI) evaluates the impact of acne on the patient's life...

..In order to investigate sHLA-E production by various tumors and to address its potential value as a tumor-associated marker, we developed a specific ELISA for the quantification of sHLA-E in biological fluids...

..At a lower level, this treatment was effective and deserves further investigations to define its indications in metastatic melanoma patients...

..The tolerance of rituximab monotherapy is higher than rituximab with polychemotherapy. The risk-benefit ratio is a bit lower but rituximab is well tolerated and may be useful for short term palliative treatment...

..Future improvements of adoptive melanoma immunotherapy may be achieved by its association with other therapeutic strategies such as targeted therapy against signaling pathways...

..54; 95% confidence interval, 0.30-0.97; P=0.039). This mild regimen allows a 70% reduction of the cumulative doses of CS and improves BP patients' outcome...

..Intestinal biopsy is usually needed to establish the diagnosis of CD or GI. Thus, gluten intolerance gives rise to a variety of dermatological manifestations which may benefit from a gluten-free diet...

..However, this inhibition does not modify IL-8 secretion by keratinocytes. In conclusion the inhibition of TLR2 surface expression by keratinocytes could be one of the anti-inflammatory mechanisms of zinc salts in acne...

..The decreased expression of TLR-2 by the keratinocytes can contribute to explain the anti-inflammatory activity of adapalene observed in clinical practice...

..Chemotherapy on the other hand never proved reliable of its effectiveness as adjuvant treatment. In the future, the approaches by vaccination and cellular therapy could be interesting at these stages of the disease...

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..Resistant strains of Propionibacterium acnes to antibiotics are increasing. Thus, general guidelines are useful when utilizing oral antibiotic therapy in acne...

..Objectives This randomized controlled trial was designed to show a non-inferiority of 15% (primary end-point) of lithium gluconate 8% ointment compared with ketoconazole 2% emulsion...

..The ECCA grading scale (échelle d'évaluation clinique des cicatrices d'acné) is a tool designed to help dermatologists to assess the severity of acne scars and to standardize the discussions about the treatments of scars...

..The purpose of this study was to use both of these scales in individual applications in order to determine whether or not any correlation exists between the two specific tools and to determine the two groups of patients affected by acne...

..In addition, the future use of pegylated interferon which would permit a reduction in the number of injections is of a significant interest...

..Lithioderm 8% gel is applied twice daily over a recommended period of 2 months. It constitutes a new alternative in the treatment of facial seborrheic dermatitis, regardless of severity...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate the tolerance of Diacneal used by 1,709 acne patients in combination with their usual acne products except retinoids...

..This was demonstrated by the high rate of epithelial lesions detected, which was more than twice the rate usually reported in the literature...

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..These results suggest that zinc gluconate may be a PPAR-? agonist, which might play a role in the anti-inflammatory activity of this molecule...

..These results contribute to explain the comedolytic and anti-inflammatory activities of this combined therapy observed in recent clinical trials...

..These data have important implications for the formulation of polypeptide-based vaccines as well as for the monitoring of melanoma-specific CTL response in HLA-B*3501 melanoma patients...

..However, till now, the impact of educational and preventive campaigns with regard to sun exposure, which plays a major role in the development of a melanoma, are still insufficient..

..In our study, however auto immunity markers do not appear as factors of severity of evolution of the melanoma or predictive factors...

..On the basis of the frequency of scarring, and the severity and average duration of lesions, the use of oral retinoids in severe infantile acne warrants evaluation...

..Different physical treatments may be used in acne therapy. The main indications are for treating retentional lesions (open and comedones), inflamed lesions, and scars...

..CONCLUSION: Minocycline and zinc gluconate are both effective in the treatment of inflammatory acne, but minocycline has a superior effect evaluated to be 17% in our study...

..Regarding the application of evidence-based medicine in clinical practice, this tool is user friendly and should facilitate the updating of our knowledge...

..This seems consistent with a marked immune deficit during severe forms of SS...

..It is concluded that kappa or lambda chain in situ hybridization is an interesting complementary technique to detect monoclonal B cells, if the immunohistochemical technique is negative...

..For most patients, acne did not severely impair their quality of life. CONCLUSION: This study shows a prevalence of acne in 41% of women in the general population. A high proportion of these acne cases are late onset acne...

..CONCLUSION: The prognostic value of this method could be improved by combining it with PCR of other melanoma markers (Melan A, Mage 3) or assays of serum markers (S 100 protein or lactate dehydrogenase)...

..Some cases of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) do not protrude above the skin...

..acnes extracts are directly able to modulate the differentiation of keratinocytes suggesting that this bacteria play a role not only in the development of inflammatory acne lesions but also in the formation of the microcomedo...

..CONCLUSION: This study confirms the importance of heredity as a prognostic factor for acne. Family history of acne is associated with earlier occurrence of acne, increased number of retentional lesions and therapeutic difficulties...

..CONCLUSIONS: Induction of keratinocyte IL-15 expression appears to be a feature of CTCL. The factors stimulating such an expression remain unknown...

..Therapeutic response was decreased appreciably by short-term application as compared with results in the literature...

..In the same way, integrins are adhesion molecules which regulate keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation...

..However, zinc combined with erythromycin in vitro did not modify the erythromycin MIC. This first French study on bacterial resistance to erythromycin in acne patients confirms the results of studies performed in other countries...

..The role of interferon in the induction of this T-lymphocyte subpopulation is discussed...

..Moreover, for the first time, cytomegalovirus DNA was detected in carcinomas of renal allograft recipients with a higher frequency in the patients with multiple carcinomas...

..Altogether, our results suggest a role for OSM in the prevention of melanoma progression and that metastatic melanoma cells could escape this growth control by the epigenetic silencing of OSMRbeta...