Article
Allergen specificity of skin-infiltrating T cells is not restricted to a type-2 cytokine pattern in chronic skin lesions of atopic dermatitis.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Dec 1996
Werfel T, Morita A, Grewe M, Renz H, Wahn U, Krutmann J, Kapp A
Abstract excerpt
The majority of allergen-specific T cells derived from inhalant allergen patch test lesions in patients with atopic dermatitis were previously found to produce a restricted type-2 cytokine pattern. Recent studies, however, have revealed that in chronic eczematous skin lesions of patients with ato...
Topics
- Adult
- Allergens
- Animals
- Dermatitis, Atopic
- Dust
- Humans
- Immunity, Cellular
- Interferon-gamma
- Interleukin-4
- Mites
- Phenotype
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Messenger
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets