2023
Association of Somatic ATP2A2 Damaging Variants With Grover Disease
Seli D, Ellis K, Goldust M, Shah K, Hu R, Zhou J, McNiff J, Choate K. Association of Somatic ATP2A2 Damaging Variants With Grover Disease. JAMA Dermatology 2023, 159: 745-749. PMID: 37195706, PMCID: PMC10193258, DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2023.1139.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGrover's diseaseGD tissuesSomatic single nucleotide variantsControl tissuesRetrospective case seriesCase series studyAnnotation-dependent depletion scoreConsecutive patientsCase seriesKidney failureHistopathologic findingsAcantholytic disordersOrgan transplantationMAIN OUTCOMEBiopsy tissueSeries studyDarier's diseaseClinical diagnosisParticipant's DNAOlder individualsTissue DNADiseaseDisordersPatientsBiopsy
2021
Cytokine RNA In Situ Hybridization Permits Individualized Molecular Phenotyping in Biopsies of Psoriasis and Atopic Dermatitis
Wang A, Fogel AL, Murphy MJ, Panse G, McGeary MK, McNiff JM, Bosenberg M, Vesely MD, Cohen JM, Ko CJ, King BA, Damsky W. Cytokine RNA In Situ Hybridization Permits Individualized Molecular Phenotyping in Biopsies of Psoriasis and Atopic Dermatitis. JID Innovations 2021, 1: 100021. PMID: 34909719, PMCID: PMC8659380, DOI: 10.1016/j.xjidi.2021.100021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAtopic dermatitisAtopic dermatitis casesInflammatory skin diseaseInflammatory skin disorderSubset of casesSitu hybridizationCytokine RNARoutine biopsyCytokine expressionPredominant cytokinePsoriasis casesCytokine targetsTreatment selectionDermatitis casesSkin disordersPsoriasis biomarkersSkin diseasesIndividual cytokinesIndividualized evaluationPsoriasisBiopsyBulk RNA sequencingCytokinesMolecular phenotypingPatients
2020
Discordant anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein and RNA staining in cutaneous perniotic lesions suggests endothelial deposition of cleaved spike protein
Ko CJ, Harigopal M, Gehlhausen JR, Bosenberg M, McNiff JM, Damsky W. Discordant anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein and RNA staining in cutaneous perniotic lesions suggests endothelial deposition of cleaved spike protein. Journal Of Cutaneous Pathology 2020, 48: 47-52. PMID: 32895985, DOI: 10.1111/cup.13866.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 spike proteinCOVID toesEccrine epitheliumEndothelial cellsSkin biopsiesSpike proteinReverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction testingSARS-CoV-2 antibodiesPolymerase chain reaction testingSARS-CoV-2 RNAPotential pathogenetic mechanismsPositive immunohistochemical labelingSARS-CoV-2Endothelial depositionPathogenetic mechanismsImmunohistochemical stainingReaction testingImmunohistochemical labelingEccrine glandsRNA ISHImmunohistochemistrySpike RNAGold standardTissue sectionsBiopsy
1997
Discoid Lupus Erythematosus Presenting as Asymmetric Posterior Blepharitis
Gloor P, Kim M, McNiff J, Wolfley D. Discoid Lupus Erythematosus Presenting as Asymmetric Posterior Blepharitis. American Journal Of Ophthalmology 1997, 124: 707-709. PMID: 9372736, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)70920-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiscoid lupus erythematosusLupus erythematosusPosterior blepharitisSystemic lupus erythematosusCutaneous biopsy specimensDiscoid lupusOphthalmic findingsCutaneous lesionsBiopsy specimensEyelid biopsyEyelid marginErythematosusImmunofluorescence studiesBlepharitisPatientsMisdiagnosisDiagnosisEyelidPresentingBiopsyLupusHistologyLesionsDeformityWomen