Figure 3-1 Immunopathogenesis of psoriasis. The occurrence of triggering environmental factors in genetically predisposed individuals, carrying susceptibility alleles of psoriasis-associated genes, results in disease development. During the initiation phase, stressed keratinocytes…
Figure 1-1 The adherens junction and desmosome. (A) The adherens junction complex contains classic cadherins as transmembrane constituents, and α-catenins, β-catenins, and plakoglobin as cytoplasmic constituents. A classic cadherin is directly…
Figure 5-1 Histology of epidermodysplasia verruciformis. Note the cells with perinuclear halos and blue-gray granular cytoplasm in the mid to upper epidermis. (Courtesy, Lorenzo Cerroni, MD. Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL, Rapini RP….
Figure 9-1 Depth of optical penetration by various lasers. It should be noted that the treatment depth can greatly exceed the optical penetration depth for ablative lasers. On the face, fat…
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*Of note, the mineralocorticoid axis (renin-angiotensin-aldosterone) is almost NEVER suppressed in “exogenous adrenal insufficiency” → almost never get true adrenal (Addisonian) crisis with hypotension, coma. • Basics: hypothalamus releases corticotropin…
