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Rebellious Microbiota Contribute to Skin Damage in Some Cancer Treatments (4 of 4)

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Rebellious Microbiota Contribute to Skin Damage in Some Cancer Treatments (4 of 4)

image: Removing EGFR in mice disrupted the integrity of the skin barrier and increased inflammation (red) during the eruption of new hairs compared to controls (top). This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Dec. 11, 2019, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by J. Klufa at Medical University of Vienna and Comprehensive Cancer Center in Vienna, Austria; and colleagues was titled, "Hair Eruption Initiates and Commensal Skin Microbiota Aggravate Adverse Events of anti-EGFR Therapy." view more 

Credit: [Credit: J. Klufa <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine</i> (2019)]


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