...Harvey Baker The recent literature relating to pathogenesis, clinical features and management of psoriasis has been reviewed. The features of the accelerated epidermopoiesis are described and its relationship to a possible primary fault in keratinisation or dermal influences discussed. The present...

...Erich G. Weirich; Josef K. Longauer; Alan H. Kirkwood In contrast to its antihyperplastic effect on pathological proliferation of the epidermis, salicylic acid promotes epidermopoiesis in the normal guinea pig skin. After the application of 1 % w/w salicylic acid in acetone-ethanol for 4 weeks...

.... In dermatophytosis, a unique behavior of the epidermis as noted in contact dermatitis plays an important role in the defense against infection. Dermatitic changes induced by fungal products, particularly those due to contact sensitivity to a fungal antigen, trichophytin, enhance epidermopoiesis, which leads...