@Article{Fijałkowska2022,
journal="Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii",
issn="1642-395X",
volume="39",
number="1",
year="2022",
title="Plasma concentrations of cathelicidin and β-defensins
and their correlations in patients with basal cell carcinoma",
abstract="Non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) are the most common neoplasms accounting for more than 95% of all of skin tumours and their incidence is dramatically increasing worldwide [1–3]. Skin cancers represent an important health problem and cause economic burden for the society and health services; it is said that NMSCs are about four times more costly than melanoma [4].    The pathogenesis of skin cancers is complex, however its exact mechanism of development has not been clearly described [3, 5]. There are some reports that paid attention to changes in the expression profile of specific proteins linked to skin carcinogenesis [6–9]. In this group there are b-defensins and cathelicidin, which are the key participles  of innate host defence against microorganisms [6, 10].    The aim of this paper is to measure the plasma concentrations of b-defensins and cathelicidin in patients with basal cell carcinoma (BCC) in comparison to healthy controls (HC) and to check the significance of their correlations.",
author="Fijałkowska, Marta
and Kowalski, Marek
and Antoszewski, Bogusław",
pages="226--227",
doi="10.5114/ada.2022.113809",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ada.2022.113809"
}