Open AccessThe possible role of trauma in skin tags through the release of mast cell mediators
Author(s) -
Omar Soliman El Safoury,
Marwa M. Fawzy,
Rania Abdel Hay,
Akmal S. Hassan,
Zeinab M. El Maadawi,
Laila A. Rashed
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/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.