The possible role of trauma in skin tags through the release of mast cell mediators | Zendy

Rania Abdel Hay | Zendy; OmarS El Safoury | Zendy; MarwaM Fawzy | Zendy; AkmalS Hassan | Zendy; ZeinabM El Maadawi | Zendy; LailaA Rashed | Zendy

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The possible role of trauma in skin tags through the release of mast cell mediators

Author(s) -

Rania Abdel Hay,

OmarS El Safoury,

MarwaM Fawzy,

AkmalS Hassan,

ZeinabM El Maadawi,

LailaA Rashed

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

indian journal of dermatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395

H-Index - 36

eISSN - 1998-3611

pISSN - 0019-5154

DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.91819

Subject(s) - pathogenesis , tumor necrosis factor alpha , medicine , mast cell , messenger rna , apoptosis , reverse transcriptase , reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction , immunology , polymerase chain reaction , cancer research , gene , biology , genetics

Skin tags (ST) are common benign tumors of the skin but their etiopathogenesis is not well understood. STs arise in sites subjected to trauma. It was proved that mast cells are recruited to sites of skin trauma and increase their tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) content.

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