...Min Kyeong Seong; Meeyong Shin Introduction: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is one of the most common chronic inflammatory skin diseases. Several studies have investigated the relationship between obesity and AD prevalence, but the results have been conflicting. This study investigated the association...

...Daniëlle Verschoor; Stephan von Gunten Over the last decades, an increasing appearance of allergies and atopic disorders, such as asthma, dermatitis, and rhinitis, has been observed. The mechanisms of these disorders remain unclear, and therefore the development of novel therapies is limited...

...) is an herbal medicine that has been used as an anti-inflammatory agent to treat diseases including dermatitis and inflammatory bowel disease in China. However, the mechanism by which IND exerts its immunomodulatory effect is not well understood. Methods: A murine model of dermatitis and inflammatory bowel...

... as having possible OA, yielding a prevalence of OA from 5.4 (72/1,334) to 7.8% according to the classification tree previously described. A prevalence from 4.6 (62/1,334) to 6.7% was obtained using conventional criteria. Rhinitis or dermatitis (OR 7.80), as well as exacerbation of symptoms at work...

...Hidekazu Yamada; Ryo Izutani; Junichi Chihara; Tatsuo Yudate; Masaharu Matsukura; Tadashi Tezuka The expression of RANTES mRNA in dermal and colonic tissue was examined in patients with atopic dermatitis by the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction method. RANTES mRNA was detected...

... allergic encephalomyelitis. All W/W v mice developed extensive dermatitis with mastocytosis at the injection sites about 4 months after inoculation. Mast cells were identified by light microscopy following staining with toluidine blue and berberine sulfate as well as electron microscopy. They were also...

...Toshihiko Numahara; Masayoshi Nishimoto; Kazue Sasaki Serum Dermatophagoides farinae -specific IgE RAST (DF IgE) levels were assayed in 122 atopic dermatitis patients at the first examination. From the statistical study, we found trimodality of the individual variability of serum DF IgE levels. We...

... dermatitis. Some 28 components (14-200 kD) were found in the D. pteronyssinus extract, and sera bound between 1 and 13 of them (mean 6.0). At least one of four components (97, 28, 24 and 14 kD) were bound by 14/16 sera. E. maynei had 25 components (14–227 kD), 13 in common with those of D. pteronyssinus...

...Michael Halpern; Stanley Schwartz Alterations in the production of CD23, the IgE Fc receptor, may play a role in the etiology of atopic dermatitis and other allergic conditions. Interleukin-4 (IL-4), interferon-γ (IFN-γ), and interferon-α (IFN-α) are involved in coordinate regulation of CD23. IL-4...

...Tsuyoshi Ohmura; Ichiro Tsunenari; Toshihiro Hayashi; Yayoi Satoh; Ayako Konomi; Hirotoshi Nanri; Mamoru Kawachi; Makoto Morikawa; Toshihito Kadota; Hisashi Satoh Background: Atopic dermatitis (AD) can be exacerbated or induced in genetically predisposed individuals by psychological stress, which...

...Tatsuya Sasakawa; Yasuyuki Higashi; Syozo Sakuma; Yoshitaka Hirayama; Yuka Sasakawa; Yoshitaka Ohkubo; Toshio Goto; Masahiro Matsumoto; Hiroshi Matsuda Background: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic relapsing inflammation usually observed in patients with an individual or a familial history...

...Hiroichi Nagai; Naoki Inagaki; Hiroyuki Tanaka 23 4 1999 Our previous studies indicated that repeated topical application of 2, 4–dinitrofluorobenzene (DNFB) to the ear of BALB/c mice produced eczematous dermatitis on the ear and high level of IgE in the serum [ 1, 2 ]. Ear...