Individual susceptibility to occupational contact dermatitis

Industrial Health

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 469-478

  Kezic, Sanja ^a   Visser, Maaike J ^a   Verberk, Maarten M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atopy; Contact dermatitis; Cytokines; Filaggrin; Genetic polymorphisms; Occupational; Skin barrier; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 16; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; IRRITANT AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ATOPY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 70350313406     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.47.469     Document Type: Review

References (93)

1. Belsito DV (2005) Occupational contact dermatitis: etiology, prevalence, and resultant impairment/disability. J Am Acad Dermatol 53, 303-313 (Pubitemid 40979588)
2. Chew AL, Maibach HI (2003) Occupational issues of irritant contact dermatitis. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 76, 339-346 (Pubitemid 37006275)
3. Coenraads PJ, Gonçalo M (2007) Skin diseases with high public health impact. Contact dermatitis. Eur J Dermatol 17, 564-565
4. Diepgen TL (2003) Occupational skin-disease data in Europe. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 76, 331-338
5. Lushniak BD (2003) The importance of occupational skin diseases in the United States. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 76, 325-330 (Pubitemid 36992292)
6. Andersen KE (2003) Occupational issues of allergic contact dermatitis. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 76, 347-350 (Pubitemid 37006276)
7. Diepgen TL, Kanerva L (2006) Occupational skin diseases. Eur J Dermatol 16, 324-330
8. Dickel H, Kuss O, Schmidt A, Kretz J, Diepgen TL (2002) Importance of irritant contact dermatitis in occupational skin disease. Am J Clin Dermatol 3, 283-289 (Pubitemid 34615391)
9. Slodownik D, Nixon R (2007) Occupational factors in skin diseases. Curr Probl Dermatol 35, 173-189
10. Bock M, Schmidt A, Bruckner T, Diepgen TL (2003) Occupational skin disease in the construction industry. Br J Dermatol 149, 1165-1171 (Pubitemid 38058092)
11. English JS (2004) Current concepts of irritant contact dermatitis. Occup Environ Med 61, 722-726 (Pubitemid 38998121)
12. Kimber I, Basketter DA, Gerberick GF, Dearman RJ (2002) Allergic contact dermatitis. International Immunopharmacology 2, 201-211
13. Pastore S, Mascia F, Mariotti F, Dattilo C, Girolomoni G (2004) Chemokine networks in inflammatory skin diseases. Eur J Dermatol 14, 203-208 (Pubitemid 39024223)
14. Tupker RA (2003) Prediction of irritancy in the human skin irritancy model and occupational setting. Contact Dermatitis 49, 61-69
15. Bryld LE, Agner T, Kyvik KO, Brondsted L, Hindsberger C, Menne T (2000) Hand eczema in twins: a questionnaire investigation. Br J Dermatol 142, 298-305. (Pubitemid 30117701)
16. Bryld LE, Hindsberger C, Kyvik KO, Agner T, Menne T (2004) Genetic factors in nickel allergy evaluated in a population-based female twin sample. J Invest Dermatol 123, 1025-1029 (Pubitemid 39586821)
17. Bryld LE, Hindsberger C, Kyvik KO, Agner T, Menne T (2003) Risk factors influencing the development of hand eczema in a population-based twin sample. Br J Dermatol 149, 1214-1220 (Pubitemid 38063116)
18. Lerbaek A, Kyvik KO, Mortensen J, Bryld LE, Menne T, Agner T (2007) Heritability of hand eczema is not explained by comorbidity with atopic dermatitis. J Invest Dermatol 127, 1632-1640 (Pubitemid 46933401)
19. de Jongh CM, John SM, Bruynzeel DP, Calkoen F, van Dijk FJ, Khrenova L, Rustemeyer T, Verberk MM, Kezic S (2008) Cytokine gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to chronic irritant contact dermatitis. Contact Dermatitis 58, 269-277
20. Allen MH, Wakelin SH, Holloway D, Lisby S, Baadsgaard O, Barker JNWN, McFadden JP (2000) Association of TNFA gene polymorphism at position- 308 with susceptibility to irritant contact dermatitis. Immunogenetics 51, 201-205
21. de Jongh CM, Khrenova L, Kezic S, Rustemeyer T, Verberk MM, John SM (2008) Polymorphisms in the interleukin-1 gene influence the stratum corneum interleukin-1 alpha concentration in uninvolved skin of patients with chronic irritant contact dermatitis. Contact Dermatitis 58, 263-268
22. Bergboer J, Zeeuwen P, Kezic S, Giardina E, Weidingen S, Irvine A, Estivill X, Postma D, Armour J, Schalkwijk J (2009) Deletion of the LCE3B and LCE3C genes on 1q21 is not associated with atopic dermatitis. J Invest Dermatol 129, 51.
23. de Jongh CM, Khrenova L, Verberk MM, Calkoen F, van Dijk FJ, Voss H, John SM, Kezic S (2008) Loss- of-function polymorphisms in the filaggrin gene are associated with an increased susceptibility to chronic irritant contact dermatitis: a case-control study. Br J Dermatol 159, 621-627
24. Hoffjan S, Stemmler S (2007) On the role of the epidermal differentiation complex in ichthyosis vulgaris, atopic dermatitis and psoriasis. Br J Dermatol 157, 441-449 (Pubitemid 47256114)
25. Brown SJ, McLean WH (2009) Eczema genetics: current state of knowledge and future goals. J Invest Dermatol 129, 543-552
26. Palmer CN, Irvine AD, Terron-Kwiatkowski A, Zhao Y, Liao H, Lee SP, Goudie DR, Sandilands A, Campbell LE, Smith FJ, O'Regan GM, Watson RM, Cecil JE, Bale SJ, Compton JG, DiGiovanna JJ, Fleckman P, Lewis-Jones S, Arseculeratne G, Sergeant A, Munro CS, El HB, McElreavey K, Halkjaer LB, Bisgaard H, Mukhopadhyay S, McLean WH (2006) Common loss- of-function variants of the epidermal barrier protein filaggrin are a major predisposing factor for atopic dermatitis. Nat Genet 38, 441-446
27. Kezic S, Kemperman PM, Koster ES, de Jongh CM, Thio HB, Campbell LE, Irvine AD, McLean WH, Puppels GJ, Caspers PJ (2008) Loss-of-function mutations in the filaggrin gene lead to reduced level of natural moisturizing factor in the stratum corneum. J Invest Dermatol 128, 2117-2119 (Pubitemid 352001213)
28. de CR, Riveira-Munoz E, Zeeuwen PL, Robarge J, Liao W, Dannhauser EN, Giardina E, Stuart PE, Nair R, Helms C, Escaramis G, Ballana E, Martin-Ezquerra G, den HM, Kamsteeg M, Joosten I, Eichler EE, Lazaro C, Pujol RM, Armengol L, Abecasis G, Elder JT, Novelli G, Armour JA, Kwok PY, Bowcock A, Schalkwijk J, Estivill X (2009) Deletion of the late cornified envelope LCE3B and LCE3C genes as a susceptibility factor for psoriasis. Nat Genet 41, 211-215
29. Westphal GA, Schnuch A, Moessner R, Konig IR, Kranke B, Hallier E, Ziegler A, Reich K (2003) Cytokine gene polymorphisms in allergic contact dermatitis. Contact Dermatitis 48, 93-98 (Pubitemid 36513180)
30. Blomeke B, Brans R, Dickel H, Bruckner T, Erdmann S, Heesen M, Merk HF, Coenraads PJ (2009) Association between TNFA-308 G/A polymorphism and sensitization to para-phenylenediamine: a case-control study. Allergy 64, 279-283
31. Dai Y, Leng S, Li L, Niu Y, Huang H, Cheng J, Zheng Y (2004) Genetic polymorphisms of cytokine genes and risk for trichloroethylene-induced severe generalized dermatitis: a case-control study. Biomarkers 9, 470-478 (Pubitemid 40403130)
32. Wang BJ, Shiao JS, Chen CJ, Lee YC, Guo YL (2007) Tumour necrotizing factor-alpha promoter and GST-T1 genotype predict skin allergy to Chromate in cement workers in Taiwan. Contact Dermatitis 57, 309-315
33. Reich K, Westphal G, Konig IR, Mossner R, Kruger U, Ziegler A, Neumann C, Schnuch A (2003) Association of allergic contact dermatitis with a promoter polymorphism in the IL16 gene. J Allergy Clin Immunol 112, 1191-1194 (Pubitemid 37550014)
34. Carlsen BC, Andersen KE, Menne T, Johansen JD (2008) Patients with multiple contact allergies: a review. Contact Dermatitis 58, 1-8. (Pubitemid 350264755)
35. Lerbaek A, Bisgaard H, Agner T, Ohm Kyvik K, Palmer CN, Menné T (2007) Filaggrin null alleles are not asso- ciated with hand eczema or contact allergy. Br J Dermatol 157, 1199-1204 (Pubitemid 350115708)
36. Novak N, Baurecht H, Schafer T, Rodriguez E, Wagenpfeil S, Klopp N, Heinrich J, Behrendt H, Ring J, Wichmann E, Illig T, Weidinger S (2008) Loss-of- function mutations in the filaggrin gene and allergic contact sensitization to nickel. J Invest Dermatol 128, 1430-1435 (Pubitemid 351693185)
37. Nacak M, Erbagci Z, Aynacioglu AS (2006) Human arylamine N-acetyltransferase 2 polymorphism and susceptibility to allergic contact dermatitis. Int J Dermatol 45, 323-326 (Pubitemid 43337654)
38. Schnuch A, Westphal GA, Muller MM, Schulz TG, Geier J, Brasch J, Merk HF, Kawakubo Y, Richter G, Koch P, Fuchs T, Gutgesell T, Reich K, Gebhardt M, Becker D, Grabbe J, Szliska C, Aberer W, Hallier E (1998) Genotype and phenotype of N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) polymorphism in patients with contact allergy. Contact Dermatitis 38, 209-211 (Pubitemid 28156117)
39. Westphal GA, Reich K, Schulz TG, Neumann C, Hallier E, Schnuch A (2000) N-acetyltransferase 1 and 2 polymorphisms in para-substituted arylamine-induced contact allergy. Br J Dermatol 142, 1121-1127
40. Brans R, Dickel H, Bruckner T, Coenraads PJ, Heesen M, Merk HF, Blomeke B (2005) MnSOD polymorphisms in sensitized patients with delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions to the chemical allergen paraphenylene diamine: a case-control study. Toxicology 212, 148-154 (Pubitemid 40981971)
41. Harding CR (2004) The stratum corneum: structure and function in health and disease. Dermatol Ther 17 (Suppl 1), 6-15. (Pubitemid 38248643)
42. Wood LC, Elias PM, Calhoun C, Tsai JC, Grunfeld C, Feingold KR (1996) Barrier disruption stimulates interleukin-1 alpha expression and release from a pre-formed pool in murine epidermis. J Invest Dermatol 106, 397-403. (Pubitemid 26116482)
43. Berndt U, Hinnen U, Iliev D, Eisner P (1999) Is occupational irritant contact dermatitis predictable by cutaneous bioengineering methods? Results of the Swiss Metalworkers' Eczema Study (PROMETES). Dermatology 198, 351-354 (Pubitemid 29335727)
44. Goh CL, Gan SL (1994) Efficacies of a barrier cream and an afterwork emollient cream against cutting fluid dermatitis in metalworkers: a prospective study. Contact Dermatitis 31, 176-180
45. John SM, Uter W, Schwanitz HJ (2000) Relevance of multiparametric skin bioengineering in a prospectively- followed cohort of junior hairdressers. Contact Dermatitis 43, 161-168 (Pubitemid 30666169)
46. de Jongh CM, Jakasa I, Verberk MM, Kezic S (2006) Variation in barrier impairment and inflammation of human skin as determined by sodium lauryl sulphate penetration rate. Br J Dermatol 154, 651-657 (Pubitemid 43374089)
47. de Jongh CM, Verberk MM, Withagen CE, Jacobs JJ, Rustemeyer T, Kezic S (2006) Stratum corneum cytokines and skin irritation response to sodium lauryl sulfate. Contact Dermatitis 54, 325-333 (Pubitemid 43886532)
48. Koopman DG, Kezic S, Verberk MM (2004) Skin reaction and recovery: a repeated sodium lauryl sulphate patch test vs. a 24-h patch test and tape stripping. Br J Dermatol 150, 493-499 (Pubitemid 38446304)
49. Watkins SA, Maibach HI (2009) The hardening phenomenon in irritant contact dermatitis: an interpretative update. Contact Dermatitis 60, 123-130
50. Heinemann C, Paschold C, Fluhr J, Wigger-Alberti W, Schliemann-Willers S, Farwanah H, Raith K, Neubert R, Eisner P (2005) Induction of a Hardening Phenomenon by Repeated Application of SLS: Analysis of Lipid Changes in the Stratum Corneum. Acta Derm Venereol 85, 290-295 (Pubitemid 41113508)
51. Klein G, Grubauer G, Fritsch P (1992) The influence of daily dish-washing with synthetic detergent on human skin. Br J Dermatol 127, 131-137
52. Tupker RA, Coenraads PJ, Pinnagoda J, Nater JP (1989) Baseline transepidermal water loss (TEWL) as a prediction of susceptibility to sodium lauryl sulphate. Contact Dermatitis 20, 265-269 (Pubitemid 19111838)
53. Tupker RA, Pinnagoda J, Coenraads PJ, Nater JP (1989) The influence of repeated exposure to surfactants on the human skin as determined by transepidermal water loss and visual scoring. Contact Dermatitis 20, 108-114 (Pubitemid 19051486)
54. Widmer J, Eisner P, Burg G (1994) Skin irritant reactivity following experimental cumulative irritant contact dermatitis. Contact Dermatitis 30, 35-39 (Pubitemid 24042136)
55. Coenraads PJ (2007) Hand eczema is common and multifactorial. J Invest Dermatol 127, 1568-1570
56. Berndt U, Hinnen U, Iliev D, Eisner P (1999) Role of the atopy score and of single atopic features as risk factors for the development of hand eczema in trainee metal workers. Br J Dermatol 140, 922-924 (Pubitemid 29238468)
57. Berndt U, Hinnen U, Iliev D, Eisner P (2000) Hand eczema in metalworker trainees - an analysis of risk factors. Contact Dermatitis 43, 327-332
58. Coenraads,PJ and Diepgen TL (1998) Risk for hand eczema in employees with past or present atopic dermatitis. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 71, 7-13.
59. Dickel H, Bruckner TM, Schmidt A, Diepgen TL (2003) Impact of atopic skin diathesis on occupational skin disease incidence in a working population. J Invest Dermatol 121, 37-40. (Pubitemid 36900452)
60. Funke U, Fartasch M, Diepgen TL (2001) Incidence of work-related hand eczema during apprenticeship: first results of a prospective cohort study in the car industry. Contact Dermatitis 44, 166-172 (Pubitemid 32115717)
61. Lammintausta K, Kalimo K (1981) Atopy and hand dermatitis in hospital wet work. Contact Dermatitis 7, 301-308 (Pubitemid 12250408)
62. Nilsson E, Back O (1986) The importance of anamnestic information of atopy, metal dermatitis and earlier hand eczema for the development of hand dermatitis in women in wet hospital work. Acta Derm Venereol 66, 45-50. (Pubitemid 16175563)
63. Smit HA, van Rijssen A, Vandenbroucke JP, Coenraads PJ (1994) Susceptibility to and incidence of hand dermatitis in a cohort of apprentice hairdressers and nurses. Scand J Work Environ Health 20, 113-121
64. Diepgen TL, Fartasch M, Homstein OP (1989) Evaluation and relevance of atopic basic and minor features in patients with atopic dermatitis and in the general population. Acta Derm Venereol Suppl (Stockh) 144, 50-54 (Pubitemid 19228714)
65. Diepgen TL (1991) Die atopische Hautdiathese: Epidemiologie, Klinik und berufsdermatologische Bedeutung, 1-128, Gentner Verlag, Stuttgart (in German).
66. Uter W, Pfahlberg A, Gefeller O, Schwanitz HJ (1998) Prevalence and incidence of hand dermatitis in hair- dressing apprentices: results of the POSH study. Prevention of occupational skin disease in hairdressers. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 71, 487-492 (Pubitemid 28479433)
67. Uter W, Pfahlberg A, Gefeller O, Schwanitz HJ (1999) Hand dermatitis in a prospectively-followed cohort of hairdressing apprentices: final results of the POSH study. Prevention of occupational skin disease in hair- dressers. Contact Dermatitis 41, 280-286
68. Bauer A, Bartsch R, Hersmann C, Stadeler M, Kelterer D, Schneider W, Seidel A, Schiel R, Eisner P (2001) Occupational hand dermatitis in food industry apprentices: results of a 3-year follow-up cohort study. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 74, 437-442 (Pubitemid 32780723)
69. Loffler H, Bruckner T, Diepgen T, Effendy I (2006) Primary prevention in health care employees: a prospective intervention study with a 3-year training period. Contact Dermatitis 54, 202-209
70. Roberts H, Frowen K, Sim M, Nixon R (2006) Prevalence of atopy in a population of hairdressing students and practising hairdressers in Melbourne, Australia. Australas J Dermatol 47, 172-177 (Pubitemid 44015149)
71. Cahill J, Keegel T, Nixon R (2004) The prognosis of occupational contact dermatitis in 2004. Contact Dermatitis 51, 219-226 (Pubitemid 40037044)
72. Lee A, Nixon R (2001) Occupational skin disease in hairdressers. Australas J Dermatol 42, 1-6.
73. Leino T, Tammilehto L, Hytonen M, Sala E, Paakkulainen H, Kanerva L (1998) Occupational skin and respiratory diseases among hairdressers. Scand J Work Environ Health 24, 398-406. (Pubitemid 28542829)
74. Jakasa I, de Jongh CM, Verberk MM, Bos JD, Kezic S (2006) Percutaneous penetration of sodium lauryl sulphate is increased in uninvolved skin of patients with atopic dermatitis compared with control subjects. Br J Dermatol 155, 104-109 (Pubitemid 43876401)
75. Jakasa I, Verberk MM, Esposito M, Bos JD, Kezic S (2007) Altered penetration of polyethylene glycols into uninvolved skin of atopic dermatitis patients. J Invest Dermatol 127, 129-134 (Pubitemid 46005670)
76. Brasch J, Schnuch A, Uter W (2003) Patch-test reaction patterns in patients with a predisposition to atopic dermatitis. Contact Dermatitis 49, 197-201. (Pubitemid 38230766)
77. Uter W, Geier J, Becker D, Brasch J, Loffler H (2004) The MOAHLFA index of irritant sodium lauryl sulfate reactions: first results of a multicentre study on routine sodium lauryl sulfate patch testing. Contact Dermatitis 51, 259-262 (Pubitemid 40037050)
78. Dotterud LK, Falk ES (1995) Contact allergy in relation to hand eczema and atopic diseases in north Norwegian schoolchildren. Acta Paediatr 84, 402-406
79. Jappe U, Schnuch A, Uter W (2003) Frequency of sensitization to antimicrobials in patients with atopic eczema compared with nonatopic individuals: analysis of multicentre surveillance data, 1995-1999. Br J Dermatol 149, 87-93. (Pubitemid 36966515)
80. Klas PA, Corey G, Storrs FJ, Chan SC, Hanifin JM (1996) Allergic and irritant patch test reactions and atopic disease. Contact Dermatitis 34, 121-124 (Pubitemid 26034694)
81. Rystedt I (1985) Hand eczema and long-term prognosis in atopic dermatitis. Acta Derm Venereol Suppl (Stockh) 117, 1-59.
82. Sutthipisal N, McFadden JP, Cronin E (1993) Sensitization in atopic and non-atopic hairdressers with hand eczema. Contact Dermatitis 29, 206-209 (Pubitemid 23290846)
83. de Groot AC (1990) The frequency of contact allergy in atopic patients with dermatitis. Contact Dermatitis 22, 273-277 (Pubitemid 20169086)
84. Tacke J, Schmidt A, Fartasch M, Diepgen TL (1995) Occupational contact dermatitis in bakers, confectioners and cooks. A population-based study. Contact Dermatitis 33, 112-117
85. Skudlik C, Dulon M, Wendeler D, John SM, Nienhaus A (2009) Hand eczema in geriatric nurses in Germany - prevalence and risk factors. Contact Dermatitis 60, 136-143
86. Diepgen TL, Coenraads PJ (1999) The epidemiology of occupational contact dermatitis. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 72, 496-506.
87. Uter W, Schwanitz HJ, Pfahlberg A, Gefeller O (2001) Atopic signs and symptoms: assessing the 'atopy score' concept. Dermatology 202, 4-8.
88. Seidenari S, Belletti B, Schiavi ME (1996) Skin reactivity to sodium lauryl sulfate in patients with respiratory atopy. J Am Acad Dermatol 35, 47-52. (Pubitemid 26231322)
89. Coenraads PJ, Pinnagoda J (1985) Dermatitis and water vapour loss in metal workers. Contact Dermatitis 13, 347-348 (Pubitemid 16181545)
90. Smith HR, Armstrong DK, Holloway D, Whittam L, Basketter DA, McFadden JP (2002) Skin irritation thresholds in hairdressers: implications for the development of hand dermatitis. Br J Dermatol 146, 849-852
91. de Jongh CM, Lutter R, Verberk MM, Kezic S (2007) Differential cytokine expression in skin after single and repeated irritation by sodium lauryl sulphate. Experimental Dermatology 16, 1032-1040 (Pubitemid 350168127)
92. Schnuch A, Brasch J, Uter W (2008) Polysensitization and increased susceptibility in contact allergy: a review. Allergy 63, 156-167
93. Schnuch A, Brasch J, Lessmann H, Geier J, Uter W (2007) A further characteristic of susceptibility to contact allergy: sensitization to a weak contact allergen is associated with polysensitization. Results of the IVDK. Contact Dermatitis 56, 331-337