coproporphyrin/inflammation

Propionibacterium acnes: (P. acnes) produce Porphyrins; however, fluorescence measurement of Porphyrins from Ultraviolet-A (UVA) images has failed to establish a correlation. Acne clinical research and imaging has ignored the spectral excitation-emission characteristics and the exact pattern of the

BACKGROUND The inflammation in acne vulgaris is widely thought to be induced by an immunological reaction, but the role of Propionibacterium acnes is unclear. OBJECTIVE To examine the local host response mechanism of a keratinocyte cell line 3 h and 6 h after stimulation with viable and heat-killed

OBJECTIVE The present authors have already reported that mucosal autofluorescence intensity was increased in gastric lesions induced by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The aim of this study was to clarify whether the observation of mucosal autofluorescence with a newly established endoscopic

To further the understanding of oxidative effects on inflammation injury to muscle fiber structure, fluorescent imaging analysis of human striated muscle tissues from a variety of inflammatory or postinflammatory etiologies was undertaken in a search for accumulated coproporphyrin, a red

Groups of five male and five female New Zealand albino rabbits were treated by skin application with either 0 (distilled water control), 30, 150 or 450 mg/kg undiluted trichlorobenzene (ICB) for 5 days/week for four weeks. No treatment related systemic effects were observed at any of the treatment

Previous studies have shown a high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in patients with porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT). The aim of this study was to assess hepatic porphyrin concentrations (HPC) and hepatic uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD) activity in HCV-infected patients free of

Urinary porphyrin profiles and liver histology have been investigated in a group of adult alcoholics with porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) before and after one year phlebotomy. Both parameters were evaluated during the same period in a group of patients who did not undergo specific therapy for PCT. All