Distribution of Malassezia species in patients with psoriasis and healthy individuals in Tehran, Iran

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1027-1031

  Zomorodian, Kamiar ^a   Mirhendi, Hosssien ^b   Tarazooie, Bita ^b   Zeraati, Hojjat ^b   Hallaji, Zahra ^c   Balighi, Kamran ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALASSEZIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSORIASIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSORIASIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53749091817     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00968.x     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Waldman A, Gilhar A, Duek L, Berdicevsky I. Incidence of Candida in psoriasis - a study on the fungal flora of psoriatic patients. Mycoses 2001 44 : 77.
2. Baker BS, Laman JD, Powles A, et al. Peptidoglycan and peptidoglycan-specific Th1 cells in psoriatic skin lesions. J Pathol 2006 209 : 174.
3. Paulino LC, Tseng CH, Strober BE, Blaser MJ. Molecular analysis of fungal microbiota in samples from healthy human skin and psoriatic lesions. J Clin Microbiol 2006 44 : 2933.
4. Faergemann J, Diehl U, Bergfelt L, et al. Scalp psoriasis: synergy between the Malassezia yeasts and skin irritation due to calcipotriol. Acta Derm Venereol 2003 83 : 438.
5. Kanda N, Tani K, Enomoto U, Nakai K, Watanabe S. The skin fungus-induced Th1- and Th2-related cytokine, chemokine and prostaglandin E2 production in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with atopic dermatitis and psoriasis vulgaris. Clin Exp Allergy 2002 32 : 1243.
6. Leeming JP, Notman FH, Holland KT. The distribution and ecology of Malassezia furfur and cutaneous bacteria on human skin. J Appl Bacteriol 1989 67 : 47.
7. Gupta AK, Bluhm R, Summerbell R. Pityriasis versicolor. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2002 16 : 19.
8. Tarazooie B, Kordbacheh P, Zaini F, et al. Study of the distribution of Malassezia species in patients with pityriasis versicolor and healthy individuals in Tehran, Iran. BMC Dermatol 2004 4 : 5.
9. Lober CW, Belew PW, Rosenberg EW, Bale G. Patch test with killed sonicated microflora in patients with psoriasis. Arch Dermatol 1982 118 : 322.
10. Rosenberg EW, Belew P, Bale G. Effect of topical applications of heavy suspensions of killed Malassezia ovalis on rabbit skin. Mycopathologia 1980 72 : 147.
11. Farr PM, Krause LB, Marks JM, Shuster S. Response of scalp psoriasis to oral ketoconazole. Lancet 1985 2 : 921.
12. Alford RH, Vire CG, Cartwright BB, King LE Jr. Ketoconazole's inhibition of fungal antigen-induced thymidine uptake by lymphocytes from patients with psoriasis. Am J Med Sci 1986 291 : 75.
13. Baroni A, Orlando M, Donnarumma G, et al. Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) mediates intracellular signalling in human keratinocytes in response to Malassezia furfur. Arch Dermatol Res 2006 297 : 280.
14. Baroni A, Paoletti I, Ruocco E, Agozzino M, Tufano MA, Donnarumma G. Possible role of Malassezia furfur in psoriasis: modulation of TGF-beta1, integrin, and HSP70 expression in human keratinocytes and in the skin of psoriasis-affected patients. J Cutan Pathol 2004 31 : 35.
15. Bunse T, Mahrle G. Soluble Pityrosporum-derived chemoattractant for polymorphonuclear leukocytes of psoriatic patients. Acta Derm Venereol 1996 76 : 10.
16. Mohla G, Brodell RT. Koebner phenomenon in psoriasis. A common response to skin trauma. Postgrad Med 1999 106 : 39.
17. Gueho E, Midgley G, Guillot J. The genus Malassezia with description of four new species. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1996 69 : 337.
18. Sugita T, Tajima M, Takashima M, et al. A new yeast, Malassezia yamatoensis, isolated from a patient with seborrheic dermatitis, and its distribution in patients and healthy subjects. Microbiol Immunol 2004 48 : 579.
19. Sugita T, Takashima M, Kodama M, Tsuboi R, Nishikawa A. Description of a new yeast species, Malassezia japonica, and its detection in patients with atopic dermatitis and healthy subjects. J Clin Microbiol 2003 41 : 4695.
20. Sugita T, Takashima M, Shinoda T, et al. New yeast species, Malassezia dermatis, isolated from patients with atopic dermatitis. J Clin Microbiol 2002 40 : 1363.
21. Hirai A, Kano R, Makimura K, et al. Malassezia nana sp. nov., a novel lipid-dependent yeast species isolated from animals. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004 54 : 623.
22. Ashbee HR. Recent developments in the immunology and biology of Malassezia species. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 2006 47 : 14.
23. Sandstrom Falk MH, Tengvall Linder M, Johansson C, et al. The prevalence of Malassezia yeasts in patients with atopic dermatitis, seborrhoeic dermatitis and healthy controls. Acta Derm Venereol 2005 85 : 17.
24. Ishibashi Y, Sugita T, Nishikawa A. Cytokine secretion profile of human keratinocytes exposed to Malassezia yeasts. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 2006 48 : 400.
25. Mancianti F, Rum A, Nardoni S, et al. Extracellular enzymatic activity of Malassezia spp. isolates. Mycopathologia 2001 149 : 131.
26. Aspiroz C, Ara M, Varea M, et al. Isolation of Malassezia globosa and M. sympodialis from patients with pityriasis versicolor in Spain. Mycopathologia 2002 154 : 111.
27. Mirhendi H, Makimura K, Zomorodian K, Yamada T, Sugita T, Yamaguchi H. A simple PCR-RFLP method for identification and differentiation of 11 Malassezia species. J Microbiol Methods 2005 61 : 281.
28. Yamada Y, Makimura K, Merhendi H, et al. Comparison of different methods for extraction of mitochondrial DNA from human pathogenic yeasts. Jpn J Infect Dis 2002 55 : 122.
29. Gupta AK, Kohli Y, Summerbell RC, et al. Quantitative culture of Malassezia species from different body sites of individuals with or without dermatoses. Med Mycol 2001 39 : 243.
30. Amaya M, Tajima M, Okubo Y, Sugita T, Nishikawa A, Tsuboi R. Molecular analysis of Malassezia microflora in the lesional skin of psoriasis patients. J Dermatol 2007 34 : 619.
31. Rosenberg EW, Belew PW. Improvement of psoriasis of the scalp with ketoconazole. Arch Dermatol 1982 118 : 370.
32. Prohic A. Identification of Malassezia species isolated from scalp skin of patients with psoriasis and healthy subjects. Acta Dermatovenerol Croat 2003 11 : 10.
33. Nakabayashi A, Sei Y, Guillot J. Identification of Malassezia species isolated from patients with seborrhoeic dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, pityriasis versicolor and normal subjects. Med Mycol 2000 38 : 337.
34. Takahata Y, Sugita T, Hiruma M, Muto M. Quantitative analysis of Malassezia in the scale of patients with psoriasis using a real-time polymerase chain reaction assay. Br J Dermatol 2007 157 : 670.
35. Gaitanis G, Velegraki A, Frangoulis E, et al. Identification of Malassezia species from patient skin scales by PCR-RFLP. Clin Microbiol Infect 2002 8 : 162.
36. Morishita N, Sei Y, Sugita T. Molecular analysis of Malassezia microflora from patients with pityriasis versicolor. Mycopathologia 2006 161 : 61.
37. Mancianti F, Rum A, Nardoni S, Corazza M. Extracellular enzymatic activity of Malassezia spp. isolates. Mycopathologia 2001 149 : 131.
38. Brunke S, Hube B. MfLIP1, a gene encoding an extracellular lipase of the lipid-dependent fungus Malassezia furfur. Microbiology 2006 152 : 547.
39. Pietrzak A, Lecewicz-Torun B. Activity of serum lipase [EC 3.1.1.3] and the diversity of serum lipid profile in psoriasis. Med Sci Monit 2002 8 : CR9.
40. Galatioto LE, Zahler P. Characterization of a triacylglycerol lipase that liberates arachidonic acid from bovine chromaffin cells during secretion. J Neurochem 1993 60 : 32.
41. Plotkin LI, Mathov I, Squiquera L, Leoni J. Arachidonic acid released from epithelial cells by Malassezia furfur phospholipase A2: a potential pathophysiologic mechanism. Mycologia 1998 90 : 163.
42. Ziboh VA, Chapkin RS. Metabolism and function of skin lipids. Prog Lipid Res 1988 27 : 81.