2010
The contribution of Langerhans cells to cutaneous malignancy
Lewis J, Filler R, Smith DA, Golubets K, Girardi M. The contribution of Langerhans cells to cutaneous malignancy. Trends In Immunology 2010, 31: 460-466. PMID: 21071271, PMCID: PMC3753793, DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2010.10.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLangerhans cellsDendritic cellsRole of LCsIntraepidermal dendritic cellsAntigen-presenting cellsDC populationsCutaneous malignanciesImmunological organT cellsAdaptive immunitySkin cancerMalignant transformationEnvironmental exposuresUnique populationPotential roleCancerEpithelial tissuesCellsRecent studiesSkinMigratory changesMalignancyPathogenesisPopulationImmunityMore or Less: Copy Number Alterations in Mycosis Fungoides
Lin WM, Girardi M. More or Less: Copy Number Alterations in Mycosis Fungoides. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2010, 130: 926-928. PMID: 20231832, DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.370.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCutaneous T-cell lymphomaMycosis fungoidesSkin-homing T cellsNon-Hodgkin lymphomaT-cell lymphomaCutaneous plaquesLymph nodesTumor involvementT cellsSkin diseasesLymphomaHeterogeneous groupGenetic alterationsCommon formGenomic DNA alterationsFungoidesNumber alterationsDNA alterationsAlterationsPrognosisMalignancyPathogenesisPlaquesDiseaseBlood
2008
Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis: A Dermatologist’s Perspective
Girardi M. Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis: A Dermatologist’s Perspective. Journal Of The American College Of Radiology 2008, 5: 40-44. PMID: 18180008, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2007.08.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNephrogenic systemic fibrosisSystemic fibrosisDermatologist's perspectiveCutaneous manifestationsExtracorporeal photopheresisSevere contracturesSkin findingsCutaneous lesionsSubcutaneous indurationDiagnostic confirmationDifferential diagnosisSuch lesionsFibrosisLesionsPhotopheresisPatientsContracturePapulesPathogenesisIndurationPlaquesDiagnosis
2000
CUTANEOUS T-CELL LYMPHOMA AND CUTANEOUS GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE Two Indications for Photopheresis in Dermatology
Girardi M, Heald PW. CUTANEOUS T-CELL LYMPHOMA AND CUTANEOUS GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE Two Indications for Photopheresis in Dermatology. Dermatologic Clinics 2000, 18: 417-423. PMID: 10943537, DOI: 10.1016/s0733-8635(05)70190-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCutaneous T-cell lymphoma: pathogenesis and treatment.
Girardi M, Edelson RL. Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: pathogenesis and treatment. Oncology 2000, 14: 1061-70; discussion 1070-4, 1076. PMID: 10929591.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCutaneous T-cell lymphomaSkin immune systemImmune systemT cellsManagement of CTCLCutaneous T-cellMemory T cellsT helper cellsT-cell lymphomaSelective adhesion moleculeLymph nodesClinical spectrumPeripheral bloodCutaneous pathogensMajor subtypesPathogenesisAdhesion moleculesLymphomaDistinctive subsetTreatmentNormal functioningCellsBetter understandingImmunosurveillanceMalignancy