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                                                                                    <journal-title>Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi Tıp Dergisi</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">2148-8118</issn>
                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2618-6020</issn>
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                    <publisher-name>Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                                            <subject>​Internal Diseases</subject>
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                                                            <subject>İç Hastalıkları</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>Vitiligo Hastalarında Topikal Kortikosterid Kulanımının Serum IL-17 Düzeyine Etkisi</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>The Effect of Topical Corticosteroids on Serum IL-17 Level in Vitiligo Patients</trans-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0505-7850</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Karakaş Çelik</surname>
                                    <given-names>Sevim</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi Moleküler Biyoloji ve Genetik Bölümü, Zonguldak</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6572-9615</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Solak</surname>
                                    <given-names>Nilgün</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Deri ve Zührevi Hastalıklar Anabilim Dalı, Zonguldak</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9300-9324</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Edgünlü</surname>
                                    <given-names>Tuba</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Tıbbi Biyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Muğla</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2244-7965</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Özel Türkçü</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ümmühani</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Tıbbi Biyokimya Anabilim Dalı, Muğla</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20181204">
                    <day>12</day>
                    <month>04</month>
                    <year>2018</year>
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                                        <volume>5</volume>
                                        <issue>3</issue>
                                        <fpage>11</fpage>
                                        <lpage>15</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20180727">
                        <day>07</day>
                        <month>27</month>
                        <year>2018</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20181022">
                        <day>10</day>
                        <month>22</month>
                        <year>2018</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2014, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi Tıp Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2014</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi Tıp Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Vitiligo edinsel depigmentasyonhastalıklarının en sık görüleni olup prevelansı %1-2’dir. Hastalıkmelanositlerin kaybı ile oluşmaktadır. Yıllardır vitiligo patogeneziniaçıklamaya yönelik biyokimyasal, immünolojik, genetik ve biyolojik çalışmalaryapılmaktadır. Ancak bugüne kadar, vitiligonun etyopatogenezi ve mekanizmalarıtam olarak anlaşılamamıştır. Yakın zamana kadar vitiligo Th1 odaklıotoimmuninflamatuar bir hastalık olarak kabul edilmekteydi. Ancak yapılan sonçalışmalar Th17’nin de vitiligo patogenezinde önemli bir rol aldığını ortayakoymuştur. Vitiligo hastalarında IL-17 düzeyinin arttığı birçok çalışmadagösterilmekle birlikte vitiligo hastalarında topikal kortikosteroidkullanımının IL-17 düzeyine etkisini araştıran bir çalışma yapılmamıştır. Buçalışmada vitiligo hastalarında topikal kortikosteroid kullanımının IL-17 serumdüzeyine etkisinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma kapsamında Bülent EcevitÜniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi Dermatoloji bölümünde kortikosteroidtedavisi gören 68 vitiligo hastası ile herhangi bir tedavi almayan 16 vitiligohastasında serum IL-17 düzeyleri belirlenmiştir. Serum IL-17 düzeyleri topikalkortikosteroid tedavisi alan ve almayan hastalar arasında karşılaştırıldığındatopikal kortikosteroid kullanımı ile serum IL-17 düzeyleri arasında anlamlı birilişki bulunamamıştır (p&amp;gt;0.05). Daha önceki çalışmalarda vitiligohastalarında serum IL-17 düzeyinde farklılık görülmesi bu sitokinin vitiligopatogenizinde rol oynadığını göstermekle birlikte çalışmamızda topikalkortikosteroid kullanımının serum IL-17 düzeyine etki etmediği gösterilmiştir.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>Vitiligo isone of the most common acquired depigmenting disorders with a prevalence of1-2% of population. Vitiligo is causedby the destruction of melanocytes. Over the years, the role of biochemical,immunological, genetic, and other biological aspects in the pathogenesis ofvitiligo has been studied. So far, the exact etiopathogenesis and mechanisms ofvitiligo are not fully understood. Until recently vitiligo has been consideredmainly to be a Th1-driven autoimmune inflammatory disease defined but recentfindings have revealed a potential role for Th17 responses in the pathogenesisof vitiligo. However, the results obtained in studies on serum levels of IL-17are contradictory. In some studies, it has been found that increasing levels ofIL-17 in vitiligo patients but some studies decreased. The aim of our study isto investigate serum levels of IL-17 in vitiligo patients in the Turkishpopulation. In the study, serum levels of IL-17 were determined in 68 vitiligopatients who were treated with corticosteroids and 16 vitiligo patients withoutany treatment in Dermatology department of Bülent Ecevit University MedicalFaculty Hospital. When serum IL-17 levels were compared between patientsreceiving and not receiving topical corticosteroid treatment, no significantcorrelation was found between serum IL-17 levels and topical corticosteroid use(p&amp;gt;0.05). Although previous studies have shown that the difference in IL-17serum levels that cytokine plays a role in the pathogenesis of vitiligo, butour study indicates that topical steroid use in therapy has no effect on IL-17levels.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>İnterlökin</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  IL-17</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Serum Düzeyi</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Sitokin</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Vitiligo</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Cytokine</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  IL-17</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Interleukin</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Serum Levels</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Vitiligo</kwd>
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