Atopic Dermatitis: Epidemiology and Pathogenesis Update

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Eichenfield, Lawrence F ^a   Ellis, Charles N ^b   Mancini, Anthony J ^c,e   Paller, Amy S ^c,e   Simpson, Eric L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis pathogenesis; Barrier defects; Epidermal skin barrier; Filaggrin gene

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EPIDERMAL BARRIER DYSFUNCTION; EPIDERMIS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; KERATINOCYTE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SKIN FLORA; SKIN FUNCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRATUM CORNEUM; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866841147     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: 15580768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sder.2012.07.002     Document Type: Review

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