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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2021

Spontaneously Resolved Atopic Dermatitis Shows Melanocyte and Immune Cell Activation Distinct From Healthy Control Skin.

Katharina Rindler, Thomas Krausgruber, Felix M Thaler, Natalia Alkon, Christine Bangert, Harald Kurz, Nikolaus Fortelny, Thomas B Rojahn, Constanze Jonak, Johannes Griss and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Katharina RindlerDepartment of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Thomas KrausgruberCeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
Felix M ThalerDepartment of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Natalia AlkonDepartment of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Christine BangertDepartment of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Harald KurzDepartment of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Nikolaus FortelnyCeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
Thomas B RojahnDepartment of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Constanze JonakDepartment of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Johannes GrissDepartment of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Christoph BockCeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
Patrick M BrunnerDepartment of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atopic dermatitis (AD) typically starts in infancy or early childhood, showing spontaneous remission in a subset of patients, while others develop lifelong disease. Despite an increased understanding of AD, factors guiding its natural course are only insufficiently elucidated. We thus performed suction blistering in skin of adult patients with stable, spontaneous remission from previous moderate-to-severe AD during childhood. Samples were compared to healthy controls without personal or familial history of atopy, and to chronic, active AD lesions. Skin cells and tissue fluid obtained were used for single-cell RNA sequencing and proteomic multiplex assays, respectively. We found overall cell composition and proteomic profiles of spontaneously healed AD to be comparable to healthy control skin, without upregulation of typical AD activity markers (e.g., IL13, S100As, and KRT16). Among all cell types in spontaneously healed AD, melanocytes harbored the largest numbers of differentially expressed genes in comparison to healthy controls, with upregulation of potentially anti-inflammatory markers such as PLA2G7. Conventional T-cells also showed increases in regulatory markers, and a general skewing toward a more Th1-like phenotype. By contrast, gene expression of regulatory T-cells and keratinocytes was essentially indistinguishable from healthy skin. Melanocytes and conventional T-cells might thus contribute a specific regulatory milieu in spontaneously healed AD skin.

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AdultDermatitis, AtopicFemaleHumansMaleMelanocytesMiddle AgedProteomicsSkinT-LymphocytesTranscriptomeYoung Adultatopic dermatitiseczemamultiplex proteomicssingle-cell RNA seqspontaneous remission

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PMCPMC7943477
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