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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-12-11
pubmed:abstractText
Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease with a pathogenesis of complex immune dysregulation and interplay of genetic, environmental and psychological factors. Activation and skin-selective homing of peripheral-blood T cells, and effector functions in the skin, represent sequential immunological events in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis. Both CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells bearing the cutaneous-lymphocyte-associated antigen represent activated memory/effector T cell subsets and induce IgE, mainly via IL-13, and prolong eosinophil lifespan, mainly via IL-5. Dysregulated apoptosis in skin-homing T cells and keratinocytes contributes to the elicitation and progress of atopic dermatitis. T cell survival is enhanced in the skin by cytokines and extracellular-matrix proteins. These activated T cells induce keratinocyte apoptosis, leading to eczema formation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0952-7915
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
641-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Immune regulation in atopic dermatitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research, Obere Strasse 22, CH-7270 Davos, Switzerland. akdisac@siaf.unizh.ch
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't