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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-11-24
pubmed:abstractText
Five patients with Darier's disease and 6 patients with pityriasis rubra pilaris were treated with 13-cis-retinoic acid. Extracts of separated epidermis were assayed for extractable protein, lactic dehydrogenase, Cathepsin D, beta glucuronidase and neutral proteinase before beginning therapy and 2, 4 and 8 weeks after therapy had begun. The epidermal extracts from patients with pityriasis rubra pilaris before beginning therapy were similar to extracts from normal control patients. During the course of therapy with 13-cis-retinoic acid, protein extractability, lactic dehydrogenase and neutral proteinase did not change; there was a highly significant decrease in the specific activity of the lysosomal hydrolases Cathepsin D and beta glucuronidase. A similar but less dramatic fall was noted in the Darier's patients taking 13-cis-retinoic acid. Darier's patients also had a decrease in neutral proteinase activity before beginning therapy; the specific activity of this enzyme increased during the course of therapy. 13-cis-retinoic acid does not induce clinical remission by increasing the intracellular concentration of lysosomal enzymes in epidermis in vivo.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0022-202X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
133-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
The effect of 13-cis retinoic acid on epidermal lysosomal hydrolase activity in Darier's disease and pityriasis rubra pilaris.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.