Acne Research Articles

Published in 2005

Acne Treatment - Available Medications

• Hormonal therapy for acne using oral contraceptive pills
• Lasers and light therapy for acne vulgaris
• Treatment of acne with topical antibiotics: lessons from clinical studies
• Results of a randomized, multicentre study comparing a new water-based gel of clindamycin 1% versus clindamycin 1% topical solution in the treatment of acne vulgaris
• An open label study of clobetasol propionate 0.05% and betamethasone valerate 0.12% foams in the treatment of mild to moderate acne keloidalis
• Make-up improves the quality of life of acne patients without aggravating acne eruptions during treatments
• Randomised controlled multiple treatment comparison to provide a cost-effective rationale for the selection of antimicrobial therapy in acne
• Retinoid therapy for acne. A comparative review
• Mechanism-based treatment of acne vulgaris: the value of combination therapy
• The treatment of acne

Laser Treatment

• Effectiveness of photodynamic therapy with topical 5-aminolevulinic acid and intense pulsed light versus intense pulsed light alone in the treatment of acne vulgaris: comparative study
• Comparison of a 1,064 nm laser and a 1,320 nm laser for the nonablative treatment of acne scars
• Evaluation of acne scar treatment with a 1450-nm midinfrared and 30% trichloroacetic acid peels
• Benzoyl peroxide, adapalene, and their combination in the treatment of acne vulgaris
• Isotretinoin in acne vulgaris: a prospective analysis of 160 cases from Kuwait
• RALGA (Diacneal), a retinaldehyde and glycolic acid association and postinflammatory hyperpigmentation in acne – a review
• Topical retinaldehyde with glycolic acid: study of tolerance and acceptability in association with anti-acne treatments in 1,709 patients.
• Efficacy and safety of 0.1% retinaldehyde / 6% glycolic acid (diacneal) for mild to moderate acne vulgaris. A multicentre, double-blind, randomized, vehicle-controlled trial.
• A multicenter clinical evaluation of the treatment of mild to moderate inflammatory acne vulgaris of the face with visible blue light in comparison to topical 1% clindamycin antibiotic solution
• Combination therapy with adapalene gel 0.1% and doxycycline for severe acne vulgaris: a multicenter, investigator-blind, randomized, controlled study
• Subcision for acne scarring: technique and outcomes in 40 patients
• Topical retinoids in inflammatory acne: a retrospective, investigator-blinded, vehicle controlled, photographic assessment
• Comparison of efficacy of azithromycin vs. doxyclycline in the treatment of acne vulgaris
• A practical approach for the use of oral isotretinoin for infantile acne
• Tazarotene cream versus adapalene cream in the treatment of facial acne vulgaris: a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, parallel-group study
• Methods for treating various forms of acne in the years 1991-2000, Department of Dermatology, Silesian Medical School
• Effect of zinc gluconate on propionibacterium acnes resistance to erythromycin in patients with inflammatory acne: in vitro and in vivo study

Acne Treatment - Drug Development

• Granulysin-derived peptides demonstrate antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects against Propionibacterium acnes
• The development of BRL 7660 as anti-acne agent
• Antimicrobial effects of Thai medicinal plants against acne-inducing bacteria
• The antimicrobial activities of Psidium guajava and Juglans regia leaf extracts to acne-developing organisms
• RU 58841-myristate – prodrug development for topical treatment of acne and androgenetic alopecia

Side Effects of Acne Treatment

• Side effect symptoms of treatment with isotretinoin in patients with acne
• Acne, depression, and suicide
• Depression and suicidal behavior in acne patients treated with isotretinoin: a systematic review
• Effects and side-effects of spironolactone therapy in women with acne
• Functional brain imaging alterations in acne patients treated with isotretinoin
• Vitamin E does not reduce the side-effects of isotretinoin in the treatment of acne vulgaris

Other Forms of Acne

• Severe acne infantum successfully treated with isotretinoin
• Acne keloidalis in females: case report and review of literature
• “Hidradenitis suppurativa” is acne inverse! An appeal to (finally) abandon a misnomer
• Acne fulminans with synovitis-acne-pustulosis-hyperostosis-osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome treated with infliximab

Pathology (Causes and Development) of Acne

• The role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of acne and acne scarring
• The role of toll-like receptors in the pathophysiology of acne
• Superoxide dismutase and myeloperoxidase activities in the polymorphonuclear leukocytes in acne vulgaris
• Inflammation and extracellular matrix degradation mediated by activated transcription factors nuclear factor-kappaB and activator protein-1 in inflammatory acne lesions in vivo
• Pathophysiology of acne
• The pathogenesis of acne
• Different pro-inflammatory and immunogenic potentials of Propionibacterium acnes and Staphylococus epidermidis: implications for chronic inflammatory acne
• Correlation between serum levels of insulin-like growth factor 1, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, and dihydrotestosterone and acne lesion counts in adult women.
• Ocular surface disorders and tear function changes in nodulocystic acne

Miscellaneous Articles

• Skin lesions in diabetic patients
• Implications for the role of diet in acne
• Acne Is Not a Stigma of HIV Infection: A Review of 36 Patients
• Childhood acne: clinical expression, etiology, and relationship to juvenile acne
• “Nobody likes damaged goods”: the experience of adult visible acne
• Non-acne dermatologic indications for systemic isotretinoin
• Acne in adolescence and cause-specific mortality: lower coronary heart disease but higher prostate cancer mortality: the Glasgow Alumni Cohort Study
• Acne and smoking: is there a relationship?
• High school dietary dairy intake and teenage acne
• Quality of life issues for South Africans with acne vulgaris
• A systematic review of the evidence for “myths and misconceptions” in acne management: diet, face-washing and sunlight
• Pityrosporum folliculitis: diagnosis and management in 6 female adolescents with acne vulgaris

 

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