Heat shock protein-70 expression in vitiligo and its relation to the disease activity

• Main Authors: Reham William Doss (Author), Abdel-Azi (Author), Amr M Abdel-Wahab (Author), Yasser M Gohary (Author), Laila A Rashed (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Vitiligo is a progressive depigmenting disorder characterized by the loss of functional melanocytes from the epidermis. The etiopathogenesis of vitiligo is still unclear. Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are prime candidates to connect stress to the skin. HSPs were found to be implicated in au...