Alopecia totalis (AT) with body hair loss is the most severe type of alopecia areata (AA). The ability to develop hair is suggested to be poor in such severe AA, because AT does not respond to corticosteroid pulses an...
Immune system is a precise mechanism for maintenance of homeostasis by lymphocyte-mediated elimination of extracellular and intercellular pathogens, and abnormal cells in cytokine-, chemokine-, antibody-, and cytotoxi...
Dapsone is a synthetic sulfone preparation and is second-line treatment for cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) including discoid LE (DLE). This report describes a patient with DLE, which was improved by dapsone quick...
Prof. Yamaue and his team, Wakayama Medical University Japan succeeded in killing the cancer cells by using dendritic cells of immune cells made from induced pluripotent stem cells very recently (Figure 1)[1].One year...
In this issue (Volume 2, Issue 1), Mikita reported an interesting case with discoid lupus erythematosus who showed transient effectiveness of dapsone for skin lesions[1]. Dapsone, also known as diaminodiphenyl sulfone...