[Translational medicine in dermatology: experience in the Specialties Hospital of the 21st Century National Medical Center].

Abstract

Through multidisciplinary research, translational medicine allows a comprehensive approach to diseases in order to provide patients with adequate treatment, whose aim is personalized and precision medicine. In this context, the Cellular Immunology Laboratory of the Immunochemistry Research Unit, and the Dermatology Service of the 21st Century National Medical Center's Specialties Hospital (Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI) have achieved a partnership that aspires to provide better quality patient care. This objective is achieved by evaluating the inflammatory skin infiltrates in different pathologies to observe changes in local immunity related to the response to treatment, and with the disease progression distinguish between dermatological diseases, highlight the importance of comprehensive skin care, and make decisions about treatment choice. This article will describe the results obtained from different research protocols (derived from this collaboration) in patients with different dermatoses such as warts, squamous cell carcinoma, mycosis fungoides and psoriasis. The evidence presented highlights the importance of collaborative work between clinical services and research laboratories so that scientific knowledge can be translated towards the comprehensive management of patients and towards personalized and precision medicine.