Our evolving understanding of the functional role of filaggrin in atopic dermatitis

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 494-495

  Leung, Donald Y M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; barrier; filaggrin

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 6; OX40 LIGAND;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TH2 CELL; VIRAL SKIN DISEASE;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HAPTENS; HUMANS; INFECTION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; SKIN;

EID: 69349094476     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.07.041     Document Type: Editorial

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