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SUBMITTER: Kubo A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3266780 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kubo Akiharu A Nagao Keisuke K Amagai Masayuki M
The Journal of clinical investigation 20120201 2
Classic atopic dermatitis is complicated by asthma, allergic rhinitis, and food allergies, cumulatively referred to as atopic diseases. Recent discoveries of mutations in the filaggrin gene as predisposing factors for atopic diseases have refocused investigators' attention on epidermal barrier dysfunction as a causative mechanism. The skin's barrier function has three elements: the stratum corneum (air-liquid barrier), tight junctions (liquid-liquid barrier), and the Langerhans cell network (imm ...[more]