Guest guest Posted April 26, 2002 Report Share Posted April 26, 2002 I just received a reply from Dr. Ethan Lerner. (He's the physician researcher who was given an NRS grant 1-2 years ago for studying the direct effects of nitric oxide (NO) in the skin. You may recall that his mice research found those with high NO skin levels had inflammation around their hair shafts. The results of his more recent work measuring NO levels in human skin samples was too early to report.) In his reply, he described his work regarding NO and rosacea as still in the hypothesis stage, meaning he has no direct evidence proving a link between NO (or other peptide vasodilators) and rosacea. It sounds like rosacea is not the major thrust of his work, but that's not to say that rosacea won't eventually benefit from his work. He's presently performing preliminary (pre-clinical) work on topically applied NO inhibitors. I wouldn't expect him to share with me how that's going. I wrote back thanking him for his work on behalf of those with rosacea who are anxious for more treatment options, and I requested that he keep me posted on his progress. Marjorie Marjorie Lazoff, MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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