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ArticleClinical and experimental immunology2001

Children with atopic dermatitis who carry toxin-positive Staphylococcus aureus strains have an expansion of blood CD5- B lymphocytes without an increase in disease severity.

P D Arkwright, B D Cookson, M R Haeney, D Sanyal, M R Potter, T J David

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Article in Clinical and experimental immunology, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Association between poly-sensitisation and sensitisation to staphylococcal enterotoxin A and B affecting allergic severity in children.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2023
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  2. Association Between Nasal Colonization ofAllergy, asthma & immunology research · 2023
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  3. Colonization WithFrontiers in microbiology · 2020
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  4. Staphylococcus aureus genomic pattern and atopic dermatitis: may factors other than superantigens be involved?European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2014
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  6. High prevalence of superantigens associated with the egc locus in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients with atopic eczema.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2003
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

P D ArkwrightAcademic Unit of Child Health, University of Manchester, Booth Hall Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK. peter_arkwright@lineone.net
B D Cookson
M R Haeney
D Sanyal
M R Potter
T J David
Salford Royal Hospital · GBUniversity of Manchester · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toxin-positive strains of Staphylococcus aureus (T + S. aureus) are present on the skin of some but not all patients with atopic dermatitis. Many staphylococcal toxins are superantigens, which can stimulate the immune response and thus may potentially lead to the very high levels of IgE characteristic of this condition, as well as exacerbating the clinical disease. The aim of this study was to determine whether the presence of T + S. aureus on the skin of children with atopic dermatitis was associated with in vivo evidence of a heightened humoral immune response, higher IgE levels and more severe clinical disease. Toxin gene expression in S. aureus isolated from the eczematous lesions of 28 children with atopic dermatitis was assessed by PCR. Clinical and immune data were also collected from this cohort. Thirteen of the 28 children (46%) were colonized with T + S. aureus strains. The presence of T + S. aureus was associated with a significant expansion in peripheral blood CD5- B cells (P = 0.01), and the more toxin types identified the greater the B-cell expansion (P = 0.002). However, in this cohort of children with atopic dermatitis, despite th in vivo expansion of B cells in children harbouring T + S. aureus, there was no associated increase in IgE levels or in clinical disease severity scores.

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AdolescentBloodB-LymphocytesCD5 AntigensChildChild, PreschoolDermatitis, AtopicEnterotoxinsEosinophilsHumansImmunoglobulin EImmunoglobulin GLeukocyte CountLymphocyte ActivationLymphocyte CountNasal CavityCD5 AntigensEnterotoxinsImmunoglobulin EImmunoglobulin GSuperantigens

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PMID11529907
PMCPMC1906122
OpenAlexW2005971661

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