Abstract:
:Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease associated with elevated serum IgE levels and sensitization to a variety of inhalant, food and microbial allergens. Controlled challenges have provided substantial evidence that allergens can trigger acute IgE-mediated mast-cell dependent exacerbations of eczema in these patients. However, the sustained chronic skin inflammation that characterizes atopic dermatitis is likely to result from a local expansion of allergen-specific T helper type 2 cells that produce interleukin-4 and interleukin-5 and the concomitant infiltration of eosinophils. An important role for IgE in allergen presentation to T helper type 2 cells by Langerhans cells has been proposed. These observations may have important implications for the development of new approaches for the treatment of this increasingly common allergic disorder.
journal_name
Curr Opin Immunoljournal_title
Current opinion in immunologyauthors
Leung DYdoi
10.1016/0952-7915(93)90112-6subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-12-01 00:00:00pages
956-62issue
6eissn
0952-7915issn
1879-0372pii
0952-7915(93)90112-6journal_volume
5pub_type
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journal_title:Current opinion in immunology
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更新日期:1993-02-01 00:00:00
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