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ArticleExperimental dermatology2020

Actinic keratosis and surrounding skin exhibit changes in corneocyte surface topography and decreased levels of filaggrin degradation products.

Anne J Keurentjes, Kornelis D de Witt, Ivone Jakasa, Lars Rüther, Patrick M J H Kemperman, Sanja Kezic, Christoph Riethmüller

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Article in Experimental dermatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Anne J KeurentjesCoronel Institute of Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1799-9928
Kornelis D de WittCoronel Institute of Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Ivone JakasaLaboratory for Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-7961-4069
Lars RütherDermatest GmbH, Münster, Germany.
Patrick M J H KempermanDepartment of Dermatology, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Sanja KezicCoronel Institute of Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1063-4547
Christoph RiethmüllerCentre for Nanotechnology, Serend-ip GmbH, Münster, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0116-984X
Netherlands Center for Occupational Diseases · NLAmsterdam Neuroscience · NLCeNTech · DEUniversity of Zagreb · HR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Actinic keratosis (AK) is a frequent premalignant skin lesion mainly caused by chronic sun exposure. AK lesions are often surrounded by invisible, subclinical alterations, called field of cancerization (FoC). Definition of FoC is of importance for therapy management; however, the criteria and non-invasive tools to characterize FoC are lacking. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) proved to be a suitable tool for detection of changes in the corneocyte surface topography in inflammatory skin diseases, which share similar clinical features with AK such as hyper- and parakeratosis. Therefore, in this study we applied AFM to investigate AK and surrounding skin obtained by non-invasive collection of the stratum corneum (SC) with adhesive tapes. Furthermore, we determined degradation products of structural protein filaggrin (natural moisturizing factor, NMF), which previously showed association with the changes in corneocyte surface topography. Ten patients with multiple AK on the face were recruited from the outpatient clinic. SC samples were collected from the AK lesion, skin sites adjacent to the AK, 5 cm from the AK and retroauricular area. Corneocyte surface topography was determined by AFM, and NMF by liquid chromatography. The AK lesion showed alterations of the corneocyte surface topography characterized by an increased number of nanosize protrusions, which gradually decreased with the distance from the lesion. NMF levels show an inverse pattern. Atomic force microscopy showed to be a suitable tool to detect changes in the corneocyte surface topography on the AK lesion and surrounding skin in a non-invasive manner.

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AdhesivesBiomarkersChromatographyChromatography, LiquidEpidermisFaceFemaleFilaggrin ProteinsHistidineHumansInflammationKeratosis, ActinicMaleMicroscopy, Atomic ForceMicroscopy, ConfocalPyrrolidonecarboxylic AcidAdhesivesBiomarkersFilaggrin ProteinsFLG protein, humanHistidinePyrrolidonecarboxylic AcidS100 ProteinsUrocanic Acidactinic keratosisatomic force microscopyfilaggrinstratum corneum

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PMID32112584
PMCPMC7317372
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