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Trial reportScientific reports2021

Investigation of water bonding status of normal and psoriatic skin in vivo using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy.

Chao-Chun Yang, Yun-Yo Yen, Chao-Kai Hsu, Nan-Yu Cheng, Shih-Yu Tzeng, Shih-Jay Chou, Jun-Ming Chang, Sheng-Hao Tseng

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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chao-Chun Yang *Department of Dermatology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Yun-Yo Yen *Department of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Chao-Kai HsuDepartment of Dermatology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, R.O.C.. kylehsu@mail.ncku.edu.tw.
Nan-Yu ChengDepartment of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Shih-Yu TzengDepartment of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Shih-Jay ChouInstrument Technology Research Center, National Applied Research Laboratories, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Jun-Ming ChangInstrument Technology Research Center, National Applied Research Laboratories, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Sheng-Hao TsengDepartment of Photonics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, R.O.C.. stseng@mail.ncku.edu.tw.
National Cheng Kung University · TWNational Cheng Kung University Hospital · TWNational Institutes of Applied Research · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Psoriasis affects more than 125 million people worldwide, and the diagnosis and treatment efficacy evaluation of the disease mainly rely on clinical assessments that could be subjective. Our previous study showed that the skin erythema level could be quantified using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), and the hemoglobin concentration of most psoriatic lesion was higher than that of its adjacent uninvolved skin. While the compromised epidermal barrier function has been taken as the major cause of clinical manifestation of skin dryness and inflammation of psoriasis, very few methods can be used to effectively evaluate this function. In this study, we investigate the near infrared spectroscopic features of psoriatic (n = 21) and normal (n = 21) skin that could link to the epidermal barrier function. From the DRS measurements, it was found that the water bonding status and light scattering properties of psoriasis are significantly different from those of uninvolved or normal skin. The connection between these parameters to the epidermal barrier function and morphology will be discussed. Our results suggest that objective evaluation of epidermal barrier function of psoriasis could be achieved using a simple DRS system.

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Water Loss, InsensibleAdultAgedEpidermisFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsoriasisSpectrum AnalysisWaterWater

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PMID33903688
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