“…It is enrolled in the inflammatory process, especially in the epidermis where its level is increased and amplified acting as chemoattractants for the immune cells (Xia, Braunstein, Toomey, Zhong, & Rao, ). The current study showed a high level of this protein among patients with acne vulgaris in both groups before therapeutic trial, which coinsides with the results of Borovaya et al () and Batycka‐Baran et al (), Batycka‐Baran et al () who also found a significant increase of this antimicrobial peptide in chronic inflammatory skin lesions of different dermatoses, which was caused by epidermal keratinocytes overproduction. Nevertheless, although the upregulation of S100a7a peptide has been documented in acne vulgaris condition, keratinocytes overproduction in acne vulgaris was not determined (Borovaya et al, ).…”