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ArticleJournal of inflammation research2022

Multi-Transcriptomic Analysis and Experimental Validation Implicate a Central Role of STAT3 in Skin Barrier Dysfunction Induced Aggravation of Rosacea.

Yaling Wang, Ben Wang, Yingxue Huang, Yangfan Li, Sha Yan, Hongfu Xie, Yiya Zhang, Ji Li

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Article in Journal of inflammation research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Molecular Mechanisms in the Etiopathology of Rosacea-Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  4. The exposomal imprint on rosacea: More than skin deep.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2026
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  9. Topographical variations in the skin barrier and their role in disease pathogenesis.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2025
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  14. Mechanisms and Recent Advances of Small-Molecule Therapeutics in Rosacea Treatment.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2025
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  15. A Case of Intense Pulsed Light Aggravated Rosacea Successfully Treated by Abrocitinib.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2025
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  16. Advances in the pathogenesis of rosacea.Frontiers in immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yaling WangDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Ben WangDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Yingxue HuangDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Yangfan LiDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Sha YanDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Hongfu XieDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Yiya ZhangDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0003-3644-3500
Ji LiDepartment of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.
Central South University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Rosacea is a chronic inflammatory skin disease with high morbidity. Previous studies have described the contribution of skin barrier dysfunction (SBD) in the progression of rosacea, but the specific mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we aim to investigate the key genes that may involve SBD-mediated rosacea aggravation. Methods: In this study, we evaluated the SBD patterns of rosacea based on the expression of 23 skin barrier-related genes (SBRGs) using a consensus clustering analysis, and revealed the SBD-mediated immune cells infiltration in rosacea using GSE65914 dataset. The key genes associated with SBD and rosacea progression were identified using WGCNA analysis and then verified in rosacea mice model. Results: Two distinct SBD patterns (moderate- and high-SBD patterns) were determined in rosacea. GO, KEGG and GSEA analysis revealed the differently immune-related signal pathways between two SBD patterns in rosacea. The XCell immune cell assays showed that the increased immune infiltration with SBD. Subsequently, the WGCNA analysis identified STAT3 as the hub gene related to rosacea and SBD, and correlation analysis revealed that STAT3 could contribute to the progression of rosacea partly by dysregulating immune infiltration via activating the cytokine/chemokines signal. Finally, the up-regulated STAT3 was verified in the epidermis of rosacea tissues and correlated with SBRGs expression using IHC and epidermal transcriptome data of rosacea. The vivo experiment showed that tape stripping-induced SBD evidently induced the expression of STAT3 and increased CD4 Conclusion: In conclusion, our results showed that the destruction of the skin barrier aggravates the inflammation levels and immune infiltration of rosacea partly by activating STAT3-mediated cytokine signal pathways in keratinocytes.

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immunerosaceaskin barrierSTAT3WGCNA

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PMID35392024
PMCPMC8980297
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