Elevated serum galectin-9 levels in patients with atopic dermatitis

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 723-726

  Nakajima, Rina ^a   Miyagaki, Tomomitsu ^a   Oka, Tomonori ^a   Nakao, Momoko ^a   Kawaguchi, Makiko ^a   Suga, Hiraku ^a   Morimura, Sohshi ^a   Kai, Hiromichi ^a   Asano, Yoshihide ^a   Tada, Yayoi ^a   Kadono, Takafumi ^a   Sato, Shinichi ^a   Sugaya, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

atopic dermatitis; Eczema Area and Severity Index; epidermal keratinocytes; galectin 9; mast cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; ECALECTIN; TACROLIMUS; GALECTIN; LGALS9 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GALECTIN 9 BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MAST CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GALECTINS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MAST CELLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84934438607     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.12884     Document Type: Article

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