Variants of C-C motif chemokine 22 (CCL22) are associated with susceptibility to atopic dermatitis: case-control studies.

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common inflammatory skin disease caused by multiple genetic and environmental factors. AD is characterized by the local infiltration of T helper type 2 (Th2) cells. Recent clinical studies have shown important roles of the Th2 chemokines, CCL22 and CCL17 in the pathogenes...

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Main Authors: Tomomitsu Hirota, Hidehisa Saeki, Kaori Tomita, Shota Tanaka, Kouji Ebe, Masafumi Sakashita, Takechiyo Yamada, Shigeharu Fujieda, Akihiko Miyatake, Satoru Doi, Tadao Enomoto, Nobuyuki Hizawa, Tohru Sakamoto, Hironori Masuko, Takashi Sasaki, Tamotsu Ebihara, Masayuki Amagai, Hitokazu Esaki, Satoshi Takeuchi, Masutaka Furue, Emiko Noguchi, Naoyuki Kamatani, Yusuke Nakamura, Michiaki Kubo, Mayumi Tamari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22125604/pdf/?tool=EBI