Potential role of reduced environmental UV exposure as a driver of the current epidemic of atopic dermatitis

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1163-1169

  Thyssen, Jacob P ^a   Zirwas, Matthew J ^b   Elias, Peter M ^c,d  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; filaggrin; irradiation; pathogenesis; phototherapy; skin; UV

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ANXIETY; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLUE LIGHT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IRRADIATION; LATITUDE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SOLAR RADIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ANIMAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPLICATION; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; NEWBORN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TH2 CELL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TH2 CELLS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84960965006     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.06.042     Document Type: Article

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