Table 1.
Characteristic of normal skin (control) and lesional skin samples.
| Normal skin (control) | Psoriasis | Atopic contact dermatitis | Lichen simplex chronicus | Sarcoidosis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases | 36 | 26 | 10 | 18 | 8 |
| Sex (F/M) | 17/9* | 12/14 | 2/8 | 3/13** | 5/1**** |
| Age (mean [range]) | 44.3 (20–68)* | 52.7 (20–86) | 50.6 (20–62) | 51.1 (34–70) | # |
| Location | * | ** | *** | ||
| Head (forehead, jaw, chin, temple, scalp) | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Neck | 1 | 4 | |||
| Leg | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Arm | 7 | 4 | |||
| Hand | 1 | 1 | |||
| Breast | 6 | 2 | |||
| Back | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Abdomen | 11 | 6 | |||
| Foreskin | 2 | ||||
| Other | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Immunostaining | |||||
| VDR | 34 | 26 | 10 | 17 | 7 |
| LRP2/megalin | 26 | 26 | 10 | 18 | 8 |
| RORα | 33 | 26 | 10 | 18 | 7 |
| RORγ | 31 | 26 | 10 | 18 | 7 |
*
data available for 26 cases
**
data available for 16 cases
***
data available for 6 cases
#
lack of the data
Number of samples stained for VDR, megalin and RORs differs due to lack of representative of lesional areas in the sections.