The role of malassezia spp in atopic dermatitis

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1217-1228

  Glatz, Martin ^a   Bosshard, Philipp P ^a   Hoetzenecker, Wolfram ^a   Schmid Grendelmeier, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Auto reactive T cells; Cytokines; IgE antibodies; Malassezia spp

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 2; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE PLUS MICONAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; STEROID; THIOREDOXIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KERATINOCYTE; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS; MICROBIOME; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN FLORA; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

EID: 84966567687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/jcm4061217     Document Type: Review

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