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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020

Adipokines as Biomarkers of Atopic Dermatitis in Adults.

Andrzej Kazimierz Jaworek, Jacek C Szepietowski, Krystyna Szafraniec, Magdalena Jaworek, Przemysław Hałubiec, Anna Wojas-Pelc, Mieczysław Pokorski

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Is Atopic Dermatitis Only a Skin Disease?International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  17. The Link Between Obesity and the Skin.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022
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  18. Emerging Roles of Adipose Tissue in the Pathogenesis of Psoriasis and Atopic Dermatitis in Obesity.JID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Andrzej Kazimierz JaworekDepartment of Dermatology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-008 Cracow, Poland.
Jacek C SzepietowskiDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0766-6342
Krystyna SzafraniecDepartment of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-008 Cracow, Poland.
Magdalena JaworekDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-008 Cracow, Poland.
Przemysław HałubiecStudent Scientific Group, Department of Dermatology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-008 Cracow, Poland.
Anna Wojas-PelcDepartment of Dermatology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-008 Cracow, Poland.
Mieczysław PokorskiFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Opole, 45-040 Opole, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8710-9775
Jagiellonian University · PLUniversity of Opole · PLWroclaw Medical University · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is characterized by chronic, relapsing, pruritic skin inflammation and does not have a well-understood pathogenesis. In this study, we addressed the contribution of adipokines to AD eczema based on the assessment of blood levels of adiponectin, resistin, leptin, lipocalin-2, and vaspin in adult non-obese patients suffering from chronic extrinsic childhood-onset AD. We investigated 49 AD patients with a median age of 37 years. The control group consisted of 30 age-matched healthy subjects. Adipokines were assessed in the serum by ELISA assays and the severity of AD with the SCORing Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD) index. We found that adiponectin and resistin decreased and leptin appreciably increased in AD patients when compared to those in healthy subjects. Further, the levels of adiponectin and resistin were inversely related to the intensity of eczema. In conclusion, apart from the formerly investigated role of leptin in AD, this study points to adiponectin and resistin as the potential candidate adipokine biomarkers involved in shaping eczema intensity and severity, which may help predict disease exacerbations and enable the development of effective targeted therapeutic interventions.

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adipokinesadiponectinatopic dermatitisbiomarkerseczemapruritis

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PMID32899610
PMCPMC7565141
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