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ReviewPharmaceutics2021

Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Comorbid Disorder Biomarkers, Druggable Genes, New Drugs and Drug Repurposing-A Molecular Meta-Analysis.

Viktor A Zouboulis, Konstantin C Zouboulis, Christos C Zouboulis

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. European S2k guidelines for hidradenitis suppurativa/acne inversa part 2: Treatment.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2025
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  7. Frontiers in immunology · 2025
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  9. Pregnancy Outcomes in Hidradenitis Suppurativa Patients.AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium · 2024
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  18. Bicalutamide: A review.Journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery
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  19. Discovering KYNU as a feature gene in hidradenitis suppurativa.International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Viktor A ZouboulisFaculty of Medicine, Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), 20251 Hamburg, Germany.
Konstantin C ZouboulisDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
Christos C ZouboulisDepartments of Dermatology, Venereology, Allergology and Immunology, Dessau Medical Center, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane and Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, 06847 Dessau, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1646-2608

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic inflammation and dysregulated epithelial differentiation, especially of hair follicle keratinocytes, have been suggested as the major pathogenetic pathways of hidradenitis suppurativa/acne inversa (HS). On the other hand, obesity and metabolic syndrome have additionally been considered as an important risk factor. With adalimumab, a drug has already been approved and numerous other compounds are in advanced-stage clinical studies. A systematic review was conducted to detect and corroborate HS pathogenetic mechanisms at the molecular level and identify HS molecular markers. The obtained data were used to confirm studied and off-label administered drugs and to identify additional compounds for drug repurposing. A robust, strongly associated group of HS biomarkers was detected. The triad of HS pathogenesis, namely upregulated inflammation, altered epithelial differentiation and dysregulated metabolism/hormone signaling was confirmed, the molecular association of HS with certain comorbid disorders, such as inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, type I diabetes mellitus and lipids/atherosclerosis/adipogenesis was verified and common biomarkers were identified. The molecular suitability of compounds in clinical studies was confirmed and 31 potential HS repurposing drugs, among them 10 drugs already launched for other disorders, were detected. This systematic review provides evidence for the importance of molecular studies to advance the knowledge regarding pathogenesis, future treatment and biomarker-supported clinical course follow-up in HS.

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acne inversabiomarkercomorbid disorderdruggable genedrug repurposinghidradenitis suppurativaproteomesignaling pathwaytranscriptome

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PMID35056940
PMCPMC8779519

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