Does inflammation play a role in development of necrobiosis lipoidica?

Introduction. Necrobiosis lipoidica (NL) is a granulomatous skin disease of still only partially known pathogenesis. Microangiopathy is considered as one of the most important processes in NL, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and endothelin-1 are strongly involved in it. Recent studies...

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Published in:	Przegląd Dermatologiczny
Main Authors:	Iwona Słowik-Kwiatkowska, Aleksandra Lesiak, Anna Woźniacka, Anna Sysa-Jędrzejowska, Joanna Narbutt
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Termedia Publishing House 2014-06-01
Subjects:	necrobiosis lipoidica TNF-α angiogenesis inflammation
Online Access:	http://www.termedia.pl/Does-inflammation-play-a-role-in-development-of-necrobiosis-lipoidica-,56,23047,1,1.html