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Seth J. Orlow is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant contributions in Dermatology, Urology, Physiology, Epidemiology, and Cell Biology. The scientist's work covers multiple topics including Hair Growth and Disorders, Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Acne and Rosacea Treatments and Effects, Biomedical Ethics and Regulation, Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders, melanin and skin pigmentation, as well as Diversity and Career in Medicine.

Orlow has published extensively, with frequent appearances in notable journals such as:

  • Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • JAMA Dermatology
  • Pediatric Dermatology
  • JAAD Case Reports

Some of the recent papers authored by or involving Orlow include:

  • The Alopecia Areata Consensus of Experts (ACE) study: Results of an international expert opinion on treatments for alopecia areata, 2020, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
  • Mucocutaneous Manifestations of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020, JAMA Dermatology
  • The Alopecia Areata Consensus of Experts (ACE) study part II: Results of an international expert opinion on diagnosis and laboratory evaluation for alopecia areata, 2020, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
  • A Global eDelphi Exercise to Identify Core Domains and Domain Items for the Development of a Global Registry of Alopecia Areata Disease Severity and Treatment Safety (GRASS), 2021, JAMA Dermatology
  • Psychiatric disorders and suicidal behavior in patients with acne prescribed oral antibiotics versus isotretinoin: Analysis of a large commercial insurance claims database, 2021, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Orlow collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Vikash S. Oza
  • Jerry Shapiro
  • Nekma Meah
  • Dmitri Wall
  • Katherine York

Best Publications

  • A Novel X-Linked Disorder of Immune Deficiency and Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia Is Allelic to Incontinentia Pigmenti and Due to Mutations in IKK-gamma (NEMO)

    Jonathan Zonana;Melissa E. Elder;Lynda C. Schneider;Seth J. Orlow

  • Fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 ( FGFR3 ) transmembrane mutation in Crouzon syndrome with acanthosis nigricans

    Gregory A. Meyers;Seth J. Orlow;Ian R. Munro;Kelly A. Przylepa

  • Hay–Wells syndrome is caused by heterozygous missense mutations in the SAM domain of p63

    John A. McGrath;Pascal H.G. Duijf;Volker Doetsch;Alan D. Irvine

  • Lines of Blaschko

    Jean L. Bolognia;Seth J. Orlow;Sharon A. Glick

  • Patient perspectives on the management of atopic dermatitis

    Torsten Zuberbier;Seth J. Orlow;Amy S. Paller;Alain Taïeb

  • Melanosomes Are Specialized Members of the Lysosomal Lineage of Organelles

    Seth J. Orlow

  • Evidence-Based Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Acne

    Lawrence F. Eichenfield;Lawrence F. Eichenfield;Andrew C. Krakowski;Andrew C. Krakowski;Caroline Piggott;Caroline Piggott;James Del Rosso

  • Increased risk of symptomatic hemangiomas of the airway in association with cutaneous hemangiomas in a “beard” distribution

    Seth J. Orlow;Michael S. Isakoff;Francine Blei

  • Large Congenital Melanocytic Nevi and the Risk for the Development of Malignant Melanoma: A Prospective Study

    Ashfaq A. Marghoob;Sandra P. Schoenbach;Alfred W. Kopf;Seth J. Orlow

  • Neurocutaneous melanosis : clinical features of large congenital melanocytic nevi in patients with manifest central nervous system melanosis

    Maria DeDavid;Seth J Orlow;Nathalie Provost;Ashfaq A Marghoob

  • A study of large congenital melanocytic nevi and associated malignant melanomas: Review of cases in the New York University registry and the world literature

    Maria DeDavid;Seth J. Orlow;Nathalie Provost;Ashfaq A. Marghoob

  • Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 mutations in Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome

    Kelly A. Przylepa;William Paznekas;Minghuang Zhang;Mahin Golabi

  • Familial Segregation of Hemangiomas and Vascular Malformations as an Autosomal Dominant Trait

    Francine Blei;Jeffrey Walter;Seth J. Orlow;Douglas A. Marchuk

  • Genetic mapping of a novel familial form of infantile hemangioma

    Jeffrey W. Walter;Francine Blei;Jennifer L. Anderson;Seth J. Orlow

  • IL-17 and TNF Synergistically Modulate Cytokine Expression while Suppressing Melanogenesis: Potential Relevance to Psoriasis

    Claire Q.F. Wang;Yemscratch T. Akalu;Mayte Suarez-Farinas;Juana Gonzalez

  • p16Ink4a in Melanocyte Senescence and Differentiation

    Elena V. Sviderskaya;Simon P. Hill;Tracy J. Evans-Whipp;Lynda Chin

  • The Pmel 17/silver locus protein. Characterization and investigation of its melanogenic function.

    T Kobayashi;K Urabe;S J Orlow;K Higashi

  • Vitiligo-Inducing Phenols Activate the Unfolded Protein Response in Melanocytes Resulting in Upregulation of IL6 and IL8

    Siavash Toosi;Seth J. Orlow;Prashiela Manga

  • Analysis of 54 cases of hypopigmentation and hyperpigmentation along the lines of Blaschko.

    Kishwer S. Nehal;Rhandy PeBenito;Seth J. Orlow

  • High-molecular-weight forms of tyrosinase and the tyrosinase-related proteins: Evidence for a melanogenic complex

    Seth J. Orlow;Bao-kang Zhou;Ashok K. Chakraborty;Ashok K. Chakraborty;Michael Drucker

Frequent Co-Authors

John M. Pawelek
John M. Pawelek Yale University
Raymond E. Boissy
Raymond E. Boissy University of Cincinnati
Amy S. Paller
Amy S. Paller Northwestern University
Ora M. Rosen
Ora M. Rosen Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Young-Tae Chang
Young-Tae Chang Pohang University of Science and Technology
Ashfaq A. Marghoob
Ashfaq A. Marghoob Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Alfred W. Kopf
Alfred W. Kopf New York University
Lawrence F. Eichenfield
Lawrence F. Eichenfield University of California, San Diego
Vincent J. Hearing
Vincent J. Hearing National Institutes of Health
Douglas A. Marchuk
Douglas A. Marchuk Duke University

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