Atopic dermatitis (AD) is an itchy, chronic, inflammatory skin disease categorized as an atopic disease, along with atopic asthma and rhinitis. The prevalence of AD has been studied in a wide variety ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Filaggrin expression, a marker of skin barrier function, predicts asthma in school-age children. This marker had ...

AP1 transcription factors are important controllers of epidermal differentiation. Multiple family members are expressed in the epidermis in a differentiation-dependent manner, where they function to ...

Eczema is a condition which causes skin inflammation. A recent evidence suggests that a deficiency in the skin’s barrier is the key to trigger eczema. The team at Newcastle University, in ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that a deficiency in the skin's barrier is key to triggering eczema. The team at Newcastle University, in collaboration with scientists at Stiefel, a GSK company, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Filaggrin expression might be a novel biomarker for chronic idiopathic urticaria severity; and altered filaggrin ...

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The team at Newcastle University, in collaboration with scientists at Stiefel, a GSK company, have identified how a key skin barrier protein called filaggrin impacts on other proteins and pathways in ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Some genetic diseases persist for generation after generation because the genes that cause them can benefit human health. Sickle cell anemia is one example: This disorder compels red ...