Morphologic Features of Extrahepatic Manifestations of Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Huaibin M. Ko, Juan C. Hernandez-Prera, Hongfa Zhu, Steven H. Dikman, Harleen K. Sidhu, Stephen C. Ward, Swan N. Thung

“…Other HCV-associated entities include porphyria cutanea tarda, lichen planus, necrolytic acral erythema, membranous glomerulonephritis, diabetic nephropathy, B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas, insulin resistance, sialadenitis, sicca syndrome, and autoimmune thyroiditis. …”
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Possible Implication of Local Immune Response in Darier's Disease: An Immunohistochemical Characterization of Lesional Inflammatory Infiltrate by Clelia Miracco, Francesco Pietronudo, Vasileios Mourmouras, Michele Pellegrino, Monica Onorati, Maria Grazia Mastrogiulio, Luca Cantarini, Pietro Luzi

“…In this immunohistochemical study we characterized and quantified it, making comparisons with two other inflammatory skin disorders, that is, pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and lichen ruber planus (LRP), and with the normal skin (NSk). …”
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Validity and Advantages of Three-Dimensional High-Frequency Ultrasound in Dermatological Evaluation by Misaki Kinoshita-Ise, Taiichiro Ida, Tatsuro Iwasaki, Hideaki Iwazaki, Kazuyuki Yokota, Hoshito Taguchi, Manabu Ohyama

“…<b>Results:</b> Three-dimensional images were successfully obtained from skin tumors, including basal cell carcinoma, subungual squamous cell carcinoma, Bowen’s disease, and malignant melanoma, as well as inflammatory hair loss diseases including alopecia areata in different disease phases and lichen planopilaris. Vertical and horizontal images were generated from the original 3D image data and assessed in comparison with histopathological and/or dermoscopic images. …”
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Vulvar Metastasis in Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report Highlighting the Aggressive Nature of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma by Andreea Boiangiu, Ana-Maria Cioca, Gabriel-Petre Gorecki, Romina-Marina Sima, Liana Pleș, Marius-Bogdan Novac, Ionut-Simion Coman, Valentin-Titus Grigorean, Vasile Lungu, Mihai-Teodor Georgescu, George-Alexandru Filipescu

“…The development of this condition can be associated with either dysplasia linked to human papillomavirus (HPV), primarily affecting younger women, or vulvar dermatoses such as lichen sclerosus, which predominantly affect older women. …”
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Visual Gradation of Biological Soil Crust Development: A Simple and Effective Recording Method by Xinyu Zhang, Ping He, Jie Xu

“…Future research should focus on expanding the grading method to include lichen crust, refining it across diverse ecosystems, and exploring the integration of advanced technologies such as hyperspectral imaging and machine learning to automate and improve the classification process. …”
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Dermoscopy of Vitiligo and Other Hypopigmented Skin Lesions in Indian Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ananya Sharma, Binod Khaitan, Vishal Gupta, M Ramam, Kanika Sahni

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study including 105 vitiligo and 137 other hypopigmented skin lesions, including ash-leaf macules (n=17), nevus depigmentosus (n=16), post-inflammatory hypopigmentation (n=16), pityriasis alba (n=15), pityriasis versicolor (n=14), idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis (IGH) (n=14), lichen sclerosus (n=12), leprosy (n=9) and others. …”
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Biopsy of Different Oral Soft Tissues Lesions by KTP and Diode Laser: Histological Evaluation by Umberto Romeo, Claudia Russo, Gaspare Palaia, Rossella Lo Giudice, Alessandro Del Vecchio, Paolo Visca, Guido Migliau, Alberto De Biase

“…However, it is suggested to enlarge biopsies of about 0.5 mm, to avoid thermal alterations, especially in inflammatory lesions like oral lichen planus.…”
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Hepatitis C Infection and Periodontal Disease: Is there a Common Immunological Link? by Dorin Nicolae Gheorghe, Liliana Foia, Vasilica Toma, Amelia Surdu, Elena Herascu, Dora Maria Popescu, Petra Surlin, Cristin Constantin Vere, Ion Rogoveanu

“…HCV infection can determine direct extrahepatic manifestations at the oral and periodontal level including oral lichen planus, Sjögren-like sialadenitis, and oral cancer. …”
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The ratio of COL2A1:COL1A1 in dartos tissue patients with hypospadias by Prahara Yuri, Hotman Christinus, Zico Yusuf Alfarizi, Medina Ndoye

“…Methods We collected 55 samples of dartos tissue, comprising 35 from patients with hypospadias procured from urethroplasty procedures and 20 from patients with phimosis collected during circumcision without any lichen cases at our institution. The gene expression levels of COL1A1 and COL2A1 in the dartos tissue were analyzed using reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). …”
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Draft genome sequences of five Calonectria species from Eucalyptus plantations in China, Celoporthe dispersa, Sporothrix phasma and Alectoria sarmentosa by Feifei Liu, Shuaifei Chen, Maria A. Ferreira, Runlei Chang, Mohammad Sayari, Aquillah M. Kanzi, Brenda D. Wingfield, Michael J. Wingfield, David Pizarro, Ana Crespo, Pradeep K. Divakar, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Tuan A. Duong

“…Alectoria sarmentosa is fruticose lichen belongs to the alectorioid clade of the family Parmeliaceae. …”
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Climate and gypsum parent material shape biocrust communities and moss ecology in the Chihuahuan and Mojave Deserts by Katelyn G. Gobbie, Nicole Pietrasiak, Brian M. Jusko, Rebecca E. Drenovsky

“…Biological soil crust communities (biocrusts) establishing on gypsum soils have been well-documented for their prolific appearance and rich diversity of lichens and bryophytes. However, studies characterizing gypsum biocrusts have occurred primarily outside of the U.S., most of which lack comparisons to other soil types. …”
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Unraveling nitrogen metabolism, cold and stress adaptation in polar Bosea sp. PAMC26642 through comparative genome analysis by Anamika Khanal, Anamika Khanal, So-Ra Han, So-Ra Han, So-Ra Han, Jun Hyuck Lee, Tae-Jin Oh, Tae-Jin Oh, Tae-Jin Oh, Tae-Jin Oh

“…This work aimed to better understand and identify genomic features that enable thiosulfate-oxidizing lichen-associated Bosea sp. PAMC26642 from the Arctic region of Svalbard, Norway, to withstand harsh environments. …”
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The Effect of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders (OPMD) on Dental Implants Survival—A Systematic Review by Sebahat Kaya, Christian Walter, Aya Khamis, Lena Katharina Müller-Heupt, Stefanie Zimmer, Lorena Cascant Ortolano, Keyvan Sagheb, Bilal Al-Nawas, Eik Schiegnitz

“…<b>Results:</b> The review of studies related to oral lichen planus (OLP) revealed an implant survival rate of 99.3% (50% to 100%) with a mean follow-up of 40.1 months. …”
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Design and fabrication of a device for cleaning greenhouse roofs by Ahmed Amin, Xiaochan Wang, Zhao Lianyuan, Yinyan Shi, Ren Xiaoyan, Mahmoud Okasha, Reda Hassanien Emam Hassanien

“…Dust, algae, mold, lichen, and moss accumulation on the greenhouse cover materials could hinder sun lights and decrease the internal light intensity in greenhouses. …”
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Therapeutic Effect of Neuromuscular Joint Facilitation on Hemiplegia Patients with Cerebral Infarction by LIN Shaoying, YE Li, CHEN Zhenghong

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Factors influencing salivary lactate dehydrogenase levels in oral squamous cell carcinoma and oral potentially malignant disorders by Rosa María López-Pintor, Rosa María López-Pintor, José González-Serrano, José González-Serrano, Carmen Vallina, Katerina Ivaylova Serkedzhieva, Katerina Ivaylova Serkedzhieva, Leire Virto, Paula Nuevo, Vito Carlo Alberto Caponio, Vito Carlo Alberto Caponio, Margarita Iniesta, Tania Rodríguez Santamarta, Paloma Lequerica Fernández, Óscar Iglesias Velázquez, Óscar Iglesias Velázquez, Gonzalo Hernández, Gonzalo Hernández, Juan Carlos de Vicente, Juan Carlos de Vicente

“…Patients with OPMD [oral leukoplakia (OL) and oral lichen planus (OLP)] and OSCC who attended two services in Spain were selected. sLDH in saliva was measured. …”
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Ice-nucleating particles active below −24&thinsp;°C in a Finnish boreal forest and their relationship to bioaerosols by F. Vogel, F. Vogel, M. P. Adams, L. Lacher, P. B. Foster, G. C. E. Porter, G. C. E. Porter, B. Bertozzi, B. Bertozzi, K. Höhler, J. Schneider, T. Schorr, N. S. Umo, J. Nadolny, Z. Brasseur, P. Heikkilä, E. S. Thomson, N. Büttner, M. I. Daily, R. Fösig, A. D. Harrison, J. Keskinen, U. Proske, U. Proske, U. Proske, J. Duplissy, J. Duplissy, M. Kulmala, T. Petäjä, O. Möhler, B. J. Murray

“…Using the 6 <span class="inline-formula">min</span> time resolution PINE data, we present several lines of evidence that INPs below <span class="inline-formula">−</span>24 <span class="inline-formula">°C</span> in this location are also from biological sources: (i) an INP parameterization developed for a pine forest site in Colorado, where many INPs were shown to be biological, produced a good fit to our measurements; a moderate correlation of INPs with aerosol concentration larger than 0.5 <span class="inline-formula">µm</span> and the fluorescent bioaerosol concentration; (ii) a negative correlation with relative humidity that may relate to enhanced release of bioaerosol at low humidity from local sources such as the prolific lichen population in boreal forests; and (iii) the absence of correlation with ultra-fine particles (3.5 to 50 <span class="inline-formula">nm</span>), indicating that new particle formation events are not sources of INPs. …”
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Andreybulakhite, Ni(C₂O₄)&thinsp; ⋅ &thinsp;2H₂O, the first natural nickel oxalate by O. S. Vereshchagin, S. N. Britvin, S. N. Britvin, D. V. Pankin, M. S. Zelenskaya, M. G. Krzhizhanovskaya, M. A. Kuz'mina, N. S. Vlasenko, O. V. Frank-Kamenetskaya

“…Andreybulakhite forms segregations of platy to prismatic crystals up to <span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M13" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><mn mathvariant="normal">2</mn><mo>×</mo><mn mathvariant="normal">1</mn><mo>×</mo><mn mathvariant="normal">1</mn></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="43pt" height="10pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="d929e2aabaa886f370b6ba53bba5c048"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="ejm-37-63-2025-ie00001.svg" width="43pt" height="10pt" src="ejm-37-63-2025-ie00001.png"/></svg:svg></span></span> <span class="inline-formula">µ</span>m in size that are localized in the upper part of the fruiting bodies (apothecia) of <i>Lecanora</i> cf. <i>polytropa</i> lichen, whose colonies overgrow the oxidized surfaces of pyrrhotite–pentlandite–chalcopyrite ore. …”
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Grizzled Mantid (suggested common name) Gonatista grisea (Fabricius) (Mantodea: Mantidae) by Haleigh A. Ray, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman

“…It is a mottled gray-green in color and somewhat flattened, which allows it to mimic lichens while pressed against tree trunks (Krombein 1963). …”
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Grizzled Mantid (suggested common name) Gonatista grisea (Fabricius) (Mantodea: Mantidae) by Haleigh A. Ray, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman

“…It is a mottled gray-green in color and somewhat flattened, which allows it to mimic lichens while pressed against tree trunks (Krombein 1963). …”
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