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43 Citations
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Alteration of the Immune Response and the Microbiota of the Skin during a Natural Infection by Vibrio harveyi in European Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

  • María Cámara-Ruiz,
  • Isabel M. Cerezo,
  • Francisco A. Guardiola,
  • José María García-Beltrán,
  • M. Carmen Balebona,
  • Miguel Ángel Moriñigo and
  • María Ángeles Esteban

Disease outbreaks continue to represent one of the main bottlenecks for the sustainable development of the aquaculture industry. In marine aquaculture, many species from the Vibrio genus are serious opportunistic pathogens responsible for significant...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,569 Views
21 Pages

Impact of Minimally Manipulated Cell Therapy on Immune Responses in Radiation-Induced Skin Wound Healing

  • Victoria A. Shestakova,
  • Ekaterina I. Smirnova,
  • Dmitrii A. Atiakshin,
  • Anastas A. Kisel,
  • Sergey N. Koryakin,
  • Evgeniy V. Litun,
  • Vyacheslav O. Saburov,
  • Grigory A. Demyashkin,
  • Tatyana S. Lagoda and
  • Ilya D. Klabukov
  • + 9 authors

25 February 2025

The current treatment of radiation-induced skin wounds utilizes mainly conventional therapies, including topical steroids, creams, ointments, and hydrogel dressings, which do not take into account the immunologic changes that occur in the skin after...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,949 Views
22 Pages

26 September 2023

Psoriasis is a chronic immune-mediated skin disease in which the symptom-free, uninvolved skin carries alterations in gene expression, serving as a basis for lesion formation. Histones and histone acetylation-related processes are key regulators of g...

  • Review
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20 Citations
9,366 Views
21 Pages

The healing of deep skin wounds is a complex phenomenon evolving according with a fine spatiotemporal regulation of different biological events (hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, remodeling). Due to the spontaneous evolution of damaged human d...

  • Review
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12 Citations
4,477 Views
16 Pages

Immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of melanoma, but its limitations due to resistance and variable patient responses have become apparent. The microbiota, which refers to the complex ecosystem of microorganisms that inhabit the human body...

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  • Open Access
121 Citations
20,593 Views
20 Pages

16 May 2014

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a widespread cutaneous pathogen responsible for the great majority of bacterial skin infections in humans. The incidence of skin infections by S. aureus reflects in part the competition between host cutaneous immu...

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  • Open Access
17 Citations
2,850 Views
20 Pages

14 November 2022

The skin is the largest organ on the surface of vertebrates, which not only acts as the first line of defense against pathogens but also harbors diverse symbiotic microorganisms. The complex interaction between skin immunity, pathogens, and commensal...

  • Review
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538 Citations
37,843 Views
53 Pages

The Dynamics of the Skin’s Immune System

  • Alan V. Nguyen and
  • Athena M. Soulika

The skin is a complex organ that has devised numerous strategies, such as physical, chemical, and microbiological barriers, to protect the host from external insults. In addition, the skin contains an intricate network of immune cells resident to the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,101 Views
12 Pages

Immune Response after Skin Delivery of a Recombinant Heat-Labile Enterotoxin B Subunit of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in Mice

  • Melibea Berzosa,
  • Alzbeta Nemeskalova,
  • Amaia Zúñiga-Ripa,
  • Miriam Salvador-Bescós,
  • Eneko Larrañeta,
  • Ryan F. Donnelly,
  • Carlos Gamazo and
  • Juan M. Irache

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) infections have been identified as a major cause of acute diarrhoea in children in developing countries, associated with substantial morbidity and mortality rates. Additionally, ETEC remains the most common cau...

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  • Review
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52 Citations
8,895 Views
15 Pages

Immunomodulatory Properties of Host Defence Peptides in Skin Wound Healing

  • Marija Petkovic,
  • Michelle Vang Mouritzen,
  • Biljana Mojsoska and
  • Håvard Jenssen

28 June 2021

Cutaneous wound healing is a vital biological process that aids skin regeneration upon injury. Wound healing failure results from persistent inflammatory conditions observed in diabetes, or autoimmune diseases like psoriasis. Chronic wounds are incur...

  • Review
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36 Citations
7,463 Views
16 Pages

Immunological Aspects of Skin Aging in Atopic Dermatitis

  • Georgeta St. Bocheva,
  • Radomir M. Slominski and
  • Andrzej T. Slominski

The cutaneous immune response is important for the regulation of skin aging well as for the development of immune-mediated skin diseases. Aging of the human skin undergoes immunosenescence with immunological alterations and can be affected by environ...

  • Review
  • Open Access
51 Citations
10,167 Views
25 Pages

Potential Synergistic Action of Bioactive Compounds from Plant Extracts against Skin Infecting Microorganisms

  • Przemysław Sitarek,
  • Anna Merecz-Sadowska,
  • Tomasz Kowalczyk,
  • Joanna Wieczfinska,
  • Radosław Zajdel and
  • Tomasz Śliwiński

The skin is an important organ that acts as a physical barrier to the outer environment. It is rich in immune cells such as keratinocytes, Langerhans cells, mast cells, and T cells, which provide the first line of defense mechanisms against numerous...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,941 Views
17 Pages

Use of D-Squame® as a Minimally Invasive Technique to Evaluate Skin Immune Response Biomarkers in Canine Atopic Dermatitis

  • Marion Mosca,
  • Nadège Milhau,
  • Mélanie Legain,
  • Adrien Idée,
  • Xavier Langon and
  • Didier Pin

28 December 2024

Evaluation of skin inflammation biomarkers in canine atopic dermatitis (AD) currently requires skin biopsies. Tape stripping has been shown to be a reliable technique to study biomarkers in the stratum corneum (SC) in humans. The aim of this study wa...

  • Review
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326 Citations
24,499 Views
14 Pages

1 August 2019

Located at the skin surface, keratinocytes (KCs) are constantly exposed to external stimuli and are the first responders to invading pathogens and injury. Upon skin injury, activated KCs secrete an array of alarmin molecules, providing a rapid and sp...

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  • Open Access
1,221 Views
17 Pages

27 August 2025

The healing process of full-thickness skin wounds in maraena whitefish (Coregonus maraena) was investigated to provide preliminary insights into the species’ tissue regeneration mechanism and dynamics following mechanical injury-simulating stan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,498 Views
14 Pages

Spatiotemporal Epidemiology of Lumpy Skin Disease and Evaluation of the Heterologous Goatpox Vaccine: Insights into Immunogenicity and Impact

  • Manjunatha Reddy Gundallahalli Bayyappa,
  • Sai Mounica Pabbineedi,
  • Sudeep Nagaraj,
  • Shraddha Bijalwan,
  • Sunil Tadakod,
  • Chandana Ramesh Uma,
  • Sanjay Pawar,
  • Pathan Yahaya Khan,
  • Vijay Kumar Teotia and
  • Baldev Raj Gulati

13 June 2025

Background: Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is major transboundary disease affecting cattle and water buffaloes, indirectly causing huge socio-economic losses. Following its first outbreak in India in 2019, the heterologous Goatpox (Uttarkashi strain) vacci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,322 Views
14 Pages

Toll-Like Receptor-4 Antagonist Enhances the Repair of Ultraviolet Radiation-Induced DNA Damage and Augments Anti-Tumor Immune Responses in Mice

  • Mohammad Asif Sherwani,
  • Ahmed Abdelgawad,
  • Minh Chung,
  • Saad Ibrahim,
  • Mualla Eraslan,
  • Craig A. Elmets and
  • Nabiha Yusuf

28 October 2021

Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation of the skin is related to the development of skin cancer. UVB also causes DNA damage in the form of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs), which can result in stable mutations. Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), a component of i...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,326 Views
10 Pages

5 December 2019

Although it is well known that the biological and physical characteristics of skin mucus in fishes are strongly affected by changes in environmental conditions, the influence of photoperiod and time-dependent bacterial endotoxin stimulation is not we...

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  • Open Access
709 Views
16 Pages

22 September 2025

The sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) is a commercially important marine species. However, its survival is increasingly threatened by frequent outbreaks of Skin Ulceration Syndrome caused by Vibrio splendidus. This study evaluated the effects of...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,459 Views
10 Pages

Characterization of Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Tissue Factors in Rosacea: A Pilot study

  • Elizabeta Lohova,
  • Mara Pilmane,
  • Mara Rone-Kupfere and
  • Janis Kisis

30 October 2020

Rosacea is a chronic inflammatory skin disease mainly affecting the facial skin. Our aim was to determine the appearance of pro- and anti- inflammatory cytokines in rosacea-affected facial tissue. Materials and Methods: Rosacea tissue were obtained f...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,170 Views
21 Pages

21 December 2022

Signaling threshold regulating transmembrane adaptor 1 (SIT1) encodes a disulfide-linked homodimeric lymphocyte-specific glycoprotein involved in immune cell activation. However, the relationship between SIT1 and the prognosis of skin cutaneous melan...

  • Review
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147 Citations
23,711 Views
18 Pages

Microneedles: A New Generation Vaccine Delivery System

  • Ipshita Menon,
  • Priyal Bagwe,
  • Keegan Braz Gomes,
  • Lotika Bajaj,
  • Rikhav Gala,
  • Mohammad N. Uddin,
  • Martin J. D’Souza and
  • Susu M. Zughaier

14 April 2021

Transdermal vaccination route using biodegradable microneedles is a rapidly progressing field of research and applications. The fear of painful needles is one of the primary reasons most people avoid getting vaccinated. Therefore, developing an alter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,155 Views
18 Pages

Transcriptome Analysis of Brain and Skin Reveals Immune Responses to Acute Hypoxia and Reoxygenation in Pseudobagrus ussuriensis

  • Qing Liu,
  • Yuxing Li,
  • Yang Cao,
  • Libo Gu,
  • Tongyao Li,
  • Yu Liu,
  • Jing Song,
  • Weiwei Wang,
  • Xianzong Wang and
  • Shaozhen Liu

12 January 2024

Pseudobagrus ussuriensis is an unscaled fish that is more susceptible to skin damage than scaled fish. To investigate the impacts of hypoxia and reoxygenation on skin and brain immunity, juvenile P. ussuriensis were subjected to hypoxia conditions (D...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,233 Views
16 Pages

5 March 2020

Galactooligosaccharides (GOS) are well-known immunomodulatory prebiotics. We hypothesize that GOS supplemented in feed modulates innate immune responses in the skin-associated lymphoid tissue (SALT) of common carp. The aim of this study was to determ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,955 Views
15 Pages

Enhancement of Skin Mucus Immunity, Carotenoid Content, Sexual Parameters, and Growth Response in Guppy Fish (Poecilia reticulata) Fed with Green Algae (Chaetomorpha aerea) Diets

  • Sattanathan Govindharajan,
  • Balamuralikrishnan Balasubramanian,
  • Vivi Thapo,
  • Sournamanikam Venkatalakshmi and
  • Wen-Chao Liu

6 March 2024

The research aimed to analyze the influences of adding marine green algae Chaetomorpha aerea to the diet of guppy fish (Poecillia reticulate) on growth, immunological responses in skin mucus, total carotenoid content, and sexual characteristics. A to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,817 Views
12 Pages

Laser Therapy Changes the Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Bleomycin-Induced Skin Fibrosis

  • Anna G. Soboleva,
  • Vladimir V. Sobolev,
  • Mari M. Karapetyan,
  • Alexandre Mezentsev,
  • Olga I. Rud’ko,
  • Evgenia D. Davydova,
  • Julia A. Mogulevtseva,
  • Olga V. Zhukova and
  • Irina M. Korsunskaya

16 March 2023

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are often considered biomarkers of skin fibrosis. At the early stages of the pathological process, an elevation of their enzymatic activity causes significant changes in the composition of the extracellular matrix. MM...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,061 Views
16 Pages

Two-Window Approach to Monitor and Assess Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses in Poultry

  • Gisela F. Erf,
  • Hyeonmin R. Kong,
  • Daniel M. Falcon and
  • Kristen A. Byrne

25 February 2023

As previously reported, inflammatory activity initiated by intradermal injection of multiple growing feather (GF)-pulps of a chicken with lipopolysaccharide, and the subsequent periodic sampling of GFs and blood, enables the longitudinal evaluation o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,704 Views
18 Pages

Host Response of Human Epidermis to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Infection and Synthetic Antibiofilm Peptide Treatment

  • Bing (Catherine) Wu,
  • Travis M. Blimkie,
  • Evan F. Haney,
  • Reza Falsafi,
  • Noushin Akhoundsadegh and
  • Robert E. W. Hancock

1 November 2022

Bacterial biofilm infections associated with wounded skin are prevalent, recalcitrant, and in urgent need of treatments. Additionally, host responses in the skin to biofilm infections are not well understood. Here we employed a human organoid skin mo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
95 Citations
24,133 Views
18 Pages

The Impact of Vitamin D on Skin Aging

  • Georgeta Bocheva,
  • Radomir M. Slominski and
  • Andrzej T. Slominski

23 August 2021

The active metabolites of vitamin D3 (D3) and lumisterol (L3) exert a variety of antiaging and photoprotective effects on the skin. These are achieved through immunomodulation and include anti-inflammatory actions, regulation of keratinocytes prolife...

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
6,559 Views
30 Pages

In the present study, the novel probiotic strain Acinetobacter KU011TH with an evident lack of pathogenicity in catfish was experimented. Three practical administration routes, namely, feed additive (FD), water-soluble additive (SOL), and a combinati...

  • Review
  • Open Access
34 Citations
9,062 Views
14 Pages

Research Progress in Skin Aging and Immunity

  • Xin He,
  • Xinyu Gao and
  • Weidong Xie

Skin aging is a complex process involving structural and functional changes and is characterized by a decrease in collagen content, reduced skin thickness, dryness, and the formation of wrinkles. This process is underpinned by multiple mechanisms inc...

  • Review
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13 Citations
5,615 Views
34 Pages

Recent advances in treating cutaneous melanoma have resulted in impressive patient survival gains. Refinement of disease staging and accurate patient risk classification have significantly improved our prognostic knowledge and ability to accurately s...

  • Review
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19 Citations
8,123 Views
12 Pages

Current Challenges in Deciphering Sutton Nevi—Literature Review and Personal Experience

  • Roxana Nedelcu,
  • Alexandra Dobre,
  • Alice Brinzea,
  • Ionela Hulea,
  • Razvan Andrei,
  • Sabina Zurac,
  • Mihaela Balaban,
  • Mihaela Antohe,
  • Lorena Manea and
  • Gabriela Turcu
  • + 7 authors

9 September 2021

Halo nevi, known as leukoderma acquisitum centrifugum, Sutton nevus, leukopigmentary nevus, perinevoid vitiligo, or perinevoid leukoderma, together with vitiligo and melanoma-associated hypopigmentation, belong to the group of dermatoses designated a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,775 Views
22 Pages

Skin Wound Healing: The Impact of Treatment with Antimicrobial Nanoparticles and Mesenchymal Stem Cells

  • Pavel Rossner,
  • Eliska Javorkova,
  • Michal Sima,
  • Zuzana Simova,
  • Barbora Hermankova,
  • Katerina Palacka,
  • Zuzana Novakova,
  • Irena Chvojkova,
  • Tereza Cervena and
  • Vladimir Holan
  • + 3 authors

18 July 2025

An investigation into the biological mechanisms initiated in wounded skin following the application of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and nanoparticles (NPs) (Ag, ZnO), either alone or combined, was performed in mice, with the aim of determining the o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,950 Views
11 Pages

Chemotactic Activity of Cyclophilin A in the Skin Mucus of Yellow Catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco) and Its Active Site for Chemotaxis

  • Farman Ullah Dawar,
  • Jiagang Tu,
  • Yang Xiong,
  • Jiangfeng Lan,
  • Xing Xing Dong,
  • Xiaoling Liu,
  • Muhammad Nasir Khan Khattak,
  • Jie Mei and
  • Li Lin

Fish skin mucus is a dynamic barrier for invading pathogens with a variety of anti-microbial enzymes, including cyclophilin A (CypA), a multi-functional protein with peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerase (PPIase) activity. Beside various other immunolo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,882 Views
15 Pages

Recent Advances in Phytochemical-Based Topical Applications for the Management of Eczema: A Review

  • Janani Radhakrishnan,
  • Barry E. Kennedy,
  • Erin B. Noftall,
  • Carman A. Giacomantonio and
  • H. P. Vasantha Rupasinghe

Eczema (atopic dermatitis, AD) is a skin disease characterized by skin barrier dysfunction due to various factors, including genetics, immune system abnormalities, and environmental triggers. Application of emollients and topical drugs such as cortic...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,100 Views
13 Pages

Pathogenic and Non-Pathogenic Microbes in the Wound Microbiome—How to Flip the Switch

  • Sophie Charlotte Liegenfeld,
  • Svenja Stenzel,
  • Julian-Dario Rembe,
  • Mandy Dittmer,
  • Paulo Ramos and
  • Ewa Klara Stuermer

The wound microbiome refers to the specific community of microbes, including bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms, that are present in and around a wound. This microbiome plays a crucial role in wound healing, as it includes both healing-promoti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,589 Views
13 Pages

The Potential Roles of IL-1β, IL-6, and RIPK3 in the Pathogenesis of Stevens–Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

  • Chandana Sooranahalli,
  • Vidhya R. Rao,
  • Brandon Zelman,
  • Mallika Shekhar,
  • Sevnur Komurlu Keceli,
  • Charles Bouchard and
  • Omer Iqbal

Background/Objectives: Stevens–Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (SJS/TEN) are rare but severe skin conditions, often triggered by medications, that can be life-threatening. These conditions frequently affect the eyes, causing ocu...

  • Review
  • Open Access
37 Citations
13,611 Views
29 Pages

11 June 2019

Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) are critical clinical conditions characterized by extensive necrosis of any layer of the soft tissue and systemic toxicity. Group A streptococci (GAS) and Staphylococcus aureus are two major pathogens associ...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,719 Views
15 Pages

6 February 2023

As the largest barrier organ of the body, the skin is highly innervated by peripheral sensory neurons. The major function of these sensory neurons is to transmit sensations of temperature, pain, and itch to elicit protective responses. Inflammatory s...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
10,075 Views
10 Pages

As the outermost layer of the body, the skin harbors innumerable and varied microorganisms. These microorganisms interact with the host, and these interactions contribute to host immunity. One of the most abundant genera of skin commensals is Staphyl...

  • Review
  • Open Access
36 Citations
13,471 Views
9 Pages

21 January 2021

Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that plays an important role in skin immunity. Deficiencies in Vitamin A have been linked to impaired immune response and increased susceptibility to skin infections and inflammatory skin disease. This narrative rev...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,216 Views
14 Pages

The Role of IL-17-Producing Cells in Cutaneous Fungal Infections

  • Yu Sawada,
  • Ayako Setoyama,
  • Yumiko Sakuragi,
  • Natsuko Saito-Sasaki,
  • Haruna Yoshioka and
  • Motonobu Nakamura

The skin is the outermost layer of the body and is exposed to many environmental stimuli, which cause various inflammatory immune responses in the skin. Among them, fungi are common microorganisms that colonize the skin and cause cutaneous fungal dis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,268 Views
20 Pages

Transcriptomic Identification of Immune-Related Hubs as Candidate Predictor Biomarkers of Therapeutic Response in Psoriasis

  • Elisabet Cantó,
  • María Elena del Prado,
  • Eva Vilarrasa,
  • Anna López-Ferrer,
  • Francisco Javier García Latasa de Araníbar,
  • Maria Angels Ortiz,
  • Marta Gut,
  • Maria Mulet,
  • Anna Esteve-Codina and
  • Silvia Vidal
  • + 2 authors

22 August 2025

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease driven by genetic, environmental, and immune factors. While biologics like adalimumab (anti-TNFα) and risankizumab (anti-IL-23) have improved outcomes, patient response variability remains unclea...

  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
8,933 Views
15 Pages

Langerhans Cells—Revising Their Role in Skin Pathologies

  • Monica Neagu,
  • Carolina Constantin,
  • Gheorghita Jugulete,
  • Victor Cauni,
  • Sandrine Dubrac,
  • Attila Gábor Szöllősi and
  • Sabina Zurac

15 December 2022

Langerhans cells (LCs) constitute a cellular immune network across the epidermis. Because they are located at the skin barrier, they are considered immune sentinels of the skin. These antigen-presenting cells are capable of migrating to skin draining...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,351 Views
15 Pages

Communication between Mast Cells and Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells in the Skin

  • Yeganeh Mehrani,
  • Solmaz Morovati,
  • Tahmineh Tajik,
  • Soroush Sarmadi,
  • Ali Bitaraf,
  • Zahra Sourani,
  • Mohammad Shahverdi,
  • Helia Javadi,
  • Julia E. Kakish and
  • Khalil Karimi

6 March 2024

The skin is a dynamic organ with a complex immune network critical for maintaining balance and defending against various pathogens. Different types of cells in the skin, such as mast cells (MCs) and group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s), contribute t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,735 Views
27 Pages

21 April 2025

Background/Objectives: Immune cells determine the role of the tumor microenvironment during tumor progression, either suppressing tumor formation or promoting tumorigenesis. This study aimed to fully characterize immune cell responses during skin tum...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,978 Views
17 Pages

Modulation of Skin Inflammatory Responses by Aluminum Adjuvant

  • Yanhang Liao,
  • Lixiang Sun,
  • Meifeng Nie,
  • Jiacheng Li,
  • Xiaofen Huang,
  • Shujun Heng,
  • Wenlu Zhang,
  • Tian Xia,
  • Zhuolin Guo and
  • Ling-juan Zhang

Aluminum salt (AS), one of the most commonly used vaccine adjuvants, has immuno-modulatory activity, but how the administration of AS alone may impact the activation of the skin immune system under inflammatory conditions has not been investigated. H...

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