Research

  1. Phillips TJ, Palko MJ, Bhawan J. Histologic evaluation of chronic human wounds treated with hydrocolloid and nonhydrocolloid dressings. J Am Acad Dermatol 1994; 30:61-64.
  2. Yamamoto O, Bhawan J, Hara M, Gilchrest BA. Keratinocyte degeneration in human facial skin: documentation of new ultrastructural markers for photodamage and their improvement during topical tretinoin therapy. Exp Dermatol 1995; 4:9-19.
  3. Bhawan J, Olsen E, Lufrano L, Thorne EG, Schwab B, Gilchrest BA. Histologic evaluation of the long-term effects of tretinoin on photodamaged skin. J Dermatol Science 1996; 11(3):177-182.
  4. Hara M, Toyoda M, Yaar M, Bhawan J, Avila EM, Penner IR, Gilchrest BA. Innervation of melanocytes in human skin. J Exp Med 1996; 184(4):1385-95.
  5. Perez A, Chen TC, Turner A, Raab R, Bhawan J, Pochi P, Holick MF. Efficacy and safety of topical calcitriol (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3) for the treatment of psoriasis. Br J Dermatol 1996; 134:238-246.
  6. Phillips TJ, Bhawan J, Yaar M, Bello Y, LoPiccolo D, Nash JF. Effect of daily versus intermittent sunscreen application on solar simulated UV radiation-induced skin response in humans. J Am Acad Dermatol 2000; 43(4):610-618.
  7. Grimes PE, Bhawan J, Kim J, Chiu M, Lask G. Laser resurfacing-induced hypopigmentation: histologic alterations and repigmentation with topical photochemotherapy. Dermatol Surg 2001; 27:515-520.
  8. Cowper SE, Su LD, Bhawan J, Robin HS, LeBoit PE. Nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy. Am J Dermatopathol 2001; 23:383-393.
  9. Kang S, Leyden JJ, Lowe NJ, Ortonne JP, Phillips TJ, Weinstein GD, Bhawan J, Lew-Kaya DA, Matsumoto RM, Sefton J, Walker PS, Gibson JR. Tazarotene cream for the treatment of facial photodamage: a multicenter, investigator-masked, randomized, vehicle-controlled, parallel comparison of 0.01%, 0.025%, 0.05%, and 0.1% tazarotene creams with 0.05% tretinoin emollient cream applied once daily for 24 weeks. Arch Dermatol 2001; 137:1597-1604.
  10. Zhao Z, Chang H, Trevino R, Whren K, Bhawan J, Klempner M. Selective upregulation of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) expression in human erythema migrans skin lesions of acute Lyme disease. J Infect Dis. 2003; 188: 1098-104.
  11. Goukassian DA, Helms E, van Steeg H, van Oostrom C, Bhawan J, Gilchrest BA. Topical DNA oligonucleotide therapy reduces UV-induced mutations and photocarcinogenesis in hairless mice. PNAS 2004; 101: 3933-3938.
  12. Grimes PE, Yamada N, Bhawan J. Light microscopic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural alterations in patients with melasma. Am J Dermatopathol 2005;27:96-101.
  13. Grimes PE, Yamada N, Bhawan J. Light microscopic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural alterations in patients with melasma. Am J Dermatopathol 2005;27:96-101.
  14. Ruenger TM, Quintanilla-Dieck MJ, Bhawan J. Role of Cathepsin K in the turnover of the dermal extracellular matrix during scar formation. J Invest Dermatol. 2007;127:293-7.
  15. Huang Z, Yu1 J, Toselli P, Bhawan J, Sudireddy V, Taylor L, Polgar P. Angiotensin II type 1 and Bradykinin B2 receptors expressed in early stage epithelial cells derived from human embryonic stem cells. J Cell Physiol. 2007;211:816-25.
  16. Quintanilla-Dieck M, Codriansky K, Keady M, Bhawan J, Ruenger T. Expression and regulation of cathepsin K in skin fibroblasts. Exp Dermatol. 2009; 18:596-602.
  17. Quintanilla-Dieck MJ, Codriansky K, Keady M, Bhawan J, Rünger TM. Cathepsin K in melanoma invasion. J Invest Dermatol. 2008;128:2281-2288.
  18. Taungjaruwinai WM, Bhawan J, Keady M, Thiele JJ. Differential expression of the antioxidant repair enzyme methionine sulfoxide reductase (MSRA and MSRB) in human skin. Am J Dermatopathol. 2008; 31: 427-431.
  19. Novak P, Marya NB, Whren K, Bhawan J.Dermal Sheet Preparations in the Evaluation of dermal innervation in Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy. J Cutan Pathol. 2009;36:296-301.
  20. Dadzie OE, Yang S, Emley A, Keady M, Bhawan J, Mahalingam M. RAS and RAF mutations in banal melanocytic aggregates contiguous with primary cutaneous melanoma: clues to melanomagenesis. Br J Dermatol. 2009;160:368-375.
  21. Quintanilla-Dieck M, Codriansky K, Gan S, Keady M, Bhawan J, Ruenger T. Intracellular degradation of elastin by cathepsin K in skin fibroblasts - a possible role in photoaging. Photochem. Photobiol. 2009; 85: 1356-1363.