Sep 23, 2026 | Chronicles
SkinChronicles, No 16, September 2026, by Sarah El-Heis How the infant microbiome is established and contributes to disease susceptibility remains a fundamental question in human biology. In a landmark study, Sinha and colleagues applied longitudinal strain-level...
Aug 17, 2026 | Chronicles
SkinChronicles, No 15, August 2026, by Jennifer Lavina Ngo Inflammatory skin diseases can look similar clinically while being driven by different immune processes. Targeted therapies have transformed their management, but their effectiveness depends on matching...
Jun 18, 2026 | Chronicles
SkinChronicles, No 14, June 2026, by Agata Lichawska-Cieślar The study on IKKα localization in keratinocytes demonstrates that the subcellular distribution of this kinase plays a critical role in the development of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC). IKKα, a key...
May 20, 2026 | Chronicles
SkinChronicles, No 13, May 2026, by Joseph Inns Studies into hair follicle stem cells (HFSC) have been dominated by transcription factor and signalling gradient frameworks to explain how the bulge compartment is specified. Peters and colleagues make a case for...
Apr 28, 2026 | Chronicles
SkinChronicles, No 12, April 2026, by April Rose Foster A fascinating new publication from the Driskell lab led by Sean Thompson et al brings two key ideas: i) a distinct molecular mechanism in the development of rete ridge network driven by BMP signalling and ii)...
Mar 17, 2026 | Chronicles
SkinChronicles, No 11, March 2026, by Haruna Kimura Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS/TEN) is a rare, severe cutaneous adverse reaction characterized by extensive keratinocyte death and epidermal detachment, yet the lesion-level immune circuitry...
