2018
Cutaneous immunohistochemical staining pattern of p53β isoforms
Ko CJ, Myung P, Leffell DJ, Bourdon JC. Cutaneous immunohistochemical staining pattern of p53β isoforms. Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2018, 71: 1120. PMID: 30305316, DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2018-205098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSquamous tumorsMarkers of differentiationSquamous proliferationIsoforms of p53Mutational statusHair folliclesP53 pathwayDomain mutationsExact biological significanceP53Differentiated layersSkinP53 isoformsSuch mutationsIsoformsDifferent isoformsNumerous functionsTumorsCancerMutationsFolliclesBiological significance
2010
Significant correlations of dermal total carotenoids and dermal lycopene with their respective plasma levels in healthy adults
Scarmo S, Cartmel B, Lin H, Leffell DJ, Welch E, Bhosale P, Bernstein PS, Mayne ST. Significant correlations of dermal total carotenoids and dermal lycopene with their respective plasma levels in healthy adults. Archives Of Biochemistry And Biophysics 2010, 504: 34-39. PMID: 20637178, PMCID: PMC2957565, DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2010.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman skin photoprotectionRespective plasma levelsHigh-performance liquid chromatographyHuman skinPlasma levelsBlood samplesHealthy humansHealthy adultsHydrocarbon carotenoidsDermal biopsiesSkin photoprotectionSimilar proportionsSkinSignificant correlationPerformance liquid chromatographyIndividual carotenoid contentTotal carotenoidsRelative levelsLycopeneLiquid chromatographyBiopsyPlasmaLutein
1996
Frequent clones of p53-mutated keratinocytes in normal human skin
Jonason A, Kunala S, Price G, Restifo R, Spinelli H, Persing J, Leffell D, Tarone R, Brash D. Frequent clones of p53-mutated keratinocytes in normal human skin. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1996, 93: 14025-14029. PMID: 8943054, PMCID: PMC19488, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.24.14025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsP53-mutated keratinocytesNormal individualsSun-shielded skinSun-exposed skinNormal human skinHuman skinWhole-mount preparationsP53-mutated cellsCancer predictsDermal-epidermal junctionSubstantial burdenFrequent clonesClonal expansionHair folliclesGenetic hitsTumor promoterSkinKeratinocytesCells
1993
Mutation hotspots due to sunlight in the p53 gene of nonmelanoma skin cancers.
Ziegler A, Leffell DJ, Kunala S, Sharma HW, Gailani M, Simon JA, Halperin AJ, Baden HP, Shapiro PE, Bale AE. Mutation hotspots due to sunlight in the p53 gene of nonmelanoma skin cancers. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1993, 90: 4216-4220. PMID: 8483937, PMCID: PMC46477, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.9.4216.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaSkin cancerPercent of tumorsSquamous cell carcinomaNonmelanoma skin cancerP53 tumor suppressor geneDipyrimidine sitesBCC developmentMutation hotspotsCancerTumor suppressor geneP53 genePoint mutationsAllelic lossCarcinomaTwo-thirdsSuppressor geneGenetic eventsSkinP53Such mutationsMutationsCarcinogenic mutationsTumors
1989
In Vivo Fluorescence of Human Skin-Reply
Leffell D, Stetz M, Milstone L, Deckelbaum L. In Vivo Fluorescence of Human Skin-Reply. JAMA Dermatology 1989, 125: 999-1000. DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1989.01670190133021.Peer-Reviewed Original Research