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ReviewClinical reviews in allergy & immunology2011

IgE, mast cells, and eosinophils in atopic dermatitis.

Fu-Tong Liu, Heidi Goodarzi, Huan-Yuan Chen

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Review in Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 224 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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224citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

224 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 465 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Berberine Inhibits Eczematous SkinInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  13. Revisiting Atopy: The IgE-Dependent Amplification Loop as a Forgotten Driver of Atopic Dermatitis.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026
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  14. Targeting the TOPK-STAT3 pathway in keratinocytes and mast cells mediates the therapeutic attenuation of Atopic dermatitis.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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  16. MRGPRX2 as a novel therapeutic target in headache.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fu-Tong LiuDepartment of Dermatology, University of California-Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95816, USA. fliu@ucdavis.edu
Heidi Goodarzi
Huan-Yuan Chen
University of California, Davis · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease with specific immune and inflammatory mechanisms. Atopy is among the major features of the diagnosis criteria for AD but is not an essential feature. Thus, patients diagnosed with AD can be atopic or non-atopic. This review focuses on the role of IgE, mast cells, and eosinophils in the pathogenesis of AD. The known functions of IgE in allergic inflammation suggest that IgE and IgE-mediated mast cell and eosinophil activation contribute to AD, but direct evidence supporting this is scarce. The level of IgE (thus the degree of allergic sensitization) is associated with severity of AD and contributed by abnormality of skin barrier, a key feature of AD. The function of IgE in development of AD is supported by the beneficial effect of anti-IgE therapy in a number of clinical studies. The role of mast cells in AD is suggested by the increase in the mast cell number and mast cell activation in AD lesions and the association between mast cell activation and AD. It is further suggested by their role in mouse models of AD as well as by the effect of therapeutic agents for AD that can affect mast cells. The role of eosinophils in AD is suggested by the presence of eosinophilia in AD patients and eosinophil infiltrates in AD lesions. It is further supported by information that links AD to cytokines and chemokines associated with production, recruitment, and activation of eosinophils.

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AnimalsDermatitis, AtopicEosinophilsHumansImmunoglobulin EMast CellsImmunoglobulin E

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PMID21249468
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