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Photocontact dermatitis and chloracne: two major occupational and environmental skin diseases induced by different actions of halogenated chemicals.

Abstract
Among occupational and environmental disorders, contact or photocontact dermatitis and an acneiform eruption are two major skin disorders. Photocontact dermatitis was historically caused by various halogenated salicylanilides, while the acne is induced by halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons and thus called chloracne. Therefore, it should be noted that halogenated chemical compounds are important causative agents in the occupational and environmental medicine. In photocontact dermatitis, photoconjugation of epidermal cells with a photohaptenic halogenated chemical is the initial step. Langerhans cells serve as antigen-presenting cells and T cells sensitized by photoantigen-bearing Langerhans cells induce this photosensitivity. On the other hand, in chloracne, halogeneted hydrocarbons render keratinocytes of the outer root sheath and sebaceous duct hyperplastic. The dilated infundibulum of most hair follicles is then filled with comedone that consist of many accumulated layers of keratinized cells and sebum. Therefore, halogenated chemicals exhibit different actions, i.e. the induction of an immunologic consequence and the modulation of keratinocyte biology. These two conditions also provide good experimental models for investigating dermatology.
AuthorsOsamu Yamamoto, Yoshiki Tokura
JournalJournal of dermatological science (J Dermatol Sci) Vol. 32 Issue 2 Pg. 85-94 (Aug 2003) ISSN: 0923-1811 [Print] Netherlands
PMID12850300 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
Chemical References
  • Halogens
  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated
  • Salicylanilides
Topics
  • Acne Vulgaris (chemically induced)
  • Animals
  • Dermatitis, Occupational
  • Dermatitis, Photoallergic (etiology)
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Halogens (adverse effects)
  • Humans
  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated (adverse effects)
  • Salicylanilides (adverse effects)

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