Lab Information
Elena Netchiporouk (MD/MSc)
ScientistCentre for Translational Biology
Department of Medicine (McGill)
Research Profile
Keywords
Chronic spontaneous urticaria • scleroderma • morphea • systemic sclerosis • skin fibrosisResearch Interests
The incidence of autoimmune diseases affecting the skin and/or internal organs is rising steadily, but at a rate that cannot be explained by genetics alone. This argues for the importance of environmental causes in disease initiation and, possibly, progression. Pollutants and microorganisms (e.g., viruses) may directly damage our cells and elicit production of auto-antibodies by our immune system against our own cells. My research program focuses on understanding the interaction between environment and autoimmune diseases affecting the skin, specifically chronic urticaria and systemic sclerosis. While both are autoimmune in nature, they are completely different with respect to their clinical presentation and prognosis, which makes them ideal to study in parallel.Team Members
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Latest Publications
- Vu, D., Jeremian, R., Moustaqim-Barrette, A., Osakwe, A., Li, Y., Torok, K. & Netchiporouk, E. (2026). Investigation of Epigenetic Age Acceleration in Juvenile Scleroderma. Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery, p. 12034754261470786.
- Lazarowitz, R., Le, M., Netchiporouk, E., Claveau, S. & Fortier-Riberdy, G. (2026). Contextualizing Optical Prism Use Within Ergonomic Principles in Dermatologic Surgery. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
- Lynde, C. W., Guenther, L., Andriessen, A., Hanna, S., Netchiporouk, E., Prajapati, V., Wiseman, M. & Ringuet, J. (2026). A consensus-based treatment algorithm for alopecia areata in adolescents and adults: integrating severity, quality of life, and disease dynamics. Frontiers in medicine, vol. 13, p. 1846243.
- Lazarowitz, R., Bendayan, E., Sacksner, J., Silotch, C., Barnawi, G., Rahme, E., Lagacé, F., Schachter, J., Litvinov, I. V. & Netchiporouk, E. (2026). Multimodal Large Language Models Versus Dermatologists for Smartphone-Image Classification of Suspicious Cutaneous Lesions: A Diagnostic Accuracy Study. Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery, p. 12034754261470756.
- Elhaj, H., Moustaqim-Barrette, A., Aly, S., Joseph, M., Netchiporouk, E. & Bose, R. (2026). Reporting of Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Dermatology Clinical Trials Involving Canada, 2020 to 2025: A Systematic Review. Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery, p. 12034754261467036.
- Abboud, A., Osakwe, A., Martinez-Jaramillo, E., Khoury, L., Vu, D., Chergui, M., Lefrançois, P., Xu, L., Ben-Shoshan, M., Osman, M., Giménez-Arnau, A. M., Li, Y. & Netchiporouk, E. (2026). Immune-stromal dysregulation and senescence in chronic spontaneous urticaria. The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global, vol. 5, p. 100712.
- Bendayan, E., Ho, J. S. S., Udupa, M., AlYaqout, F., Ben-Shoshan, M., Zhu, C., Cruz Marino, T., Fein, M. & Netchiporouk, E. (2026). Autoinflammatory syndromes in chronic urticaria are rare but clinically distinct: A retrospective cohort study. JAAD international, vol. 27, p. 136-142.
- Atique, A., Kanou, M., Netchiporouk, E., Chergui, M., Popradi, G. & Litvinov, I. V. (2026). Adult Cutaneous Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease: An In-Depth Review. Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery, p. 12034754261455768.
- Pandey, A., Carter, R., Nedjar, H., AlHalees, Z., Ghazal, S., Rahme, E., Kaouache, M. & Netchiporouk, E. (2026). Estimating the global burden of mental health disorders associated with atopic dermatitis. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV.
- Osman, M., Aldien, A. S. & Netchiporouk, E. (2026). [Not Available]. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, vol. 198, p. E951-E952.
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