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Overview

Charles N. Ellis is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in epidemiology, oncology, dermatology, economics and econometrics, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The scientist has published extensively in the field of cutaneous melanoma detection and management, nonmelanoma skin cancer studies, and related areas including health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, cardiovascular disease and adiposity, adipokines, inflammation and metabolic diseases, psoriasis treatment and pathogenesis, and dermatology and skin diseases.

Frequent publication venues for Ellis include:

  • Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
  • Journal of Dermatological Treatment
  • JAAD International
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Heliyon

Some recent papers with Ellis as an author feature a range of topics relevant to their fields of study. These include:

  • Epicardial adipose tissue volume is greater in men with severe psoriasis, implying an increased cardiovascular disease risk: A cross-sectional study, 2021, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Alongside Ellis, co-authors commonly include:

  • Trilokraj Tejasvi
  • Natalie H. Matthews
  • Martin A. Weinstock
  • Kevin J. Schneider
  • Kathryn Flaharty

Ellis's work spans important topics such as cutaneous melanoma detection and management, with ten related publications, and nonmelanoma skin cancer studies, covering six publications. Their investigations also encompass the economic impact on health systems, cardiovascular disease risk associated with adiposity, inflammatory mechanisms involving adipokines, and the treatment and pathogenesis of psoriasis.

Other notable recent works in the field that reflect the broader research context include studies on disease activity and treatment efficacy for psoriasis, incidental detection rates of skin cancer following teledermatology consultations, and projections for melanoma clinical surveillance burdens in the United States.

Best Publications

  • Treatment of Chronic Plaque Psoriasis by Selective Targeting of Memory Effector T Lymphocytes

    Charles N. Ellis;Gerald G. Krueger

  • Evaluating psoriasis with Psoriasis Area and Severity Index, Psoriasis Global Assessment, and Lattice System Physician's Global Assessment

    Richard G. Langley;Charles N. Ellis

  • Topical tretinoin improves photoaged skin. A double-blind vehicle-controlled study.

    Jonathan S. Weiss;Charles N. Ellis;John T. Headington;Theresa Tincoff

  • Cyclosporine improves psoriasis in a double-blind study.

    Charles N. Ellis;David C. Gorsulowsky;Ted A. Hamilton;Julie K. Billings

  • Cyclosporine for plaque-type psoriasis. Results of a multidose, double-blind trial

    Ellis Cn;Fradin Ms;Messana Jm;Brown

  • A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III study evaluating efficacy and tolerability of 2 courses of alefacept in patients with chronic plaque psoriasis

    Gerald G. Krueger;Kim A. Papp;Dow B. Stough;Keith H. Loven

  • Topical Retinoic Acid (Tretinoin) for Melasma in Black Patients: A Vehicle-Controlled Clinical Trial

    Candance K. Kimbrough-Green;Christopher E. M. Griffiths;Lawrence J. Finkel;Ted A. Hamilton

  • Suicidal ideation in psoriasis

    Madhulika A. Gupta;Nicholas J. Schork;Aditya K. Gupta;Sueann Kirkby

  • Recombinant interferon gamma therapy for atopic dermatitis.

    Jon M. Hanifin;Lynda C. Schneider;Donald Y.M. Leung;Charles N. Ellis

  • A photonumeric scale for the assessment of cutaneous photodamage.

    Christopher E. M. Griffiths;Timothy S. Wang;Ted A. Hamilton;John J. Voorhees

  • Topical tretinoin (retinoic acid) improves melasma. A vehicle‐controlled, clinical trial

    C. E. M. Griffiths;L. J. Finkel;C. M. Ditre;T. A. Hamilton

  • Psoriasis—recent advances in understanding its pathogenesis and treatment

    Gerald Krueger;Charles N. Ellis

  • Cost of atopic dermatitis and eczema in the United States

    Charles N. Ellis;Lynn A. Drake;Mary M. Prendergast;William Abramovits

  • International Consensus Conference on Atopic Dermatitis II (ICCAD II): clinical update and current treatment strategies.

    C. N. Ellis;T. Luger;D. Abeck;R. Allen

  • Troglitazone Improves Psoriasis and Normalizes Models of Proliferative Skin Disease: Ligands for Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Inhibit Keratinocyte Proliferation

    Charles N. Ellis;James Varani;Gary J. Fisher;Mary E. Zeigler

  • Effect of topical cyclosporine rinse on oral lichen planus. A double-blind analysis.

    Drore Eisen;Charles N. Ellis;Elizabeth A. Duell;Christopher E.M. Griffiths

  • Uses and complications of isotretinoin therapy

    Charles N. Ellis;Kent J. Krach

  • A double-blind evaluation of topical capsaicin in pruritic psoriasis

    Charles N. Ellis;Brenda Berberian;Virginia I. Sulica;W. Alan Dodd

  • Oral cyclosporine in the treatment of inflammatory and noninflammatory dermatoses. A clinical and immunopathologic analysis.

    Aditya K. Gupta;Charles N. Ellis;Brian J. Nickoloff;Michael T. Goldfarb

  • Pruritus in psoriasis. A prospective study of some psychiatric and dermatologic correlates.

    Madhulika A. Gupta;Aditya K. Gupta;Sueann Kirkby;Howard K. Weiner

Frequent Co-Authors

John J. Voorhees
John J. Voorhees University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kevin D. Cooper
Kevin D. Cooper Case Western Reserve University
Aditya K. Gupta
Aditya K. Gupta University of Toronto
Christopher E.M. Griffiths
Christopher E.M. Griffiths University of Manchester
Amy S. Paller
Amy S. Paller Northwestern University
Ole Baadsgaard
Ole Baadsgaard Genmab (United States)
Gary J. Fisher
Gary J. Fisher University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Lawrence F. Eichenfield
Lawrence F. Eichenfield University of California, San Diego
Brian J. Nickoloff
Brian J. Nickoloff Loyola University Chicago
James Varani
James Varani University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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