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Severe atopic dermatitis treated with Dupilumab in a CTLA-4-deficient patient: A case report and review of the literature.

Ye-Jean Park, Jennifer Grossman, Lynne Robertson

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Article in SAGE open medical case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ye-Jean ParkTemerty Faculty of Medicine, Division of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1068-8992
Jennifer GrossmanDivision of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Lynne RobertsonCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.

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Abstract

Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease associated with immune dysregulation, particularly overexpression of T helper 2 cytokines. Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 deficiency, a primary immune disorder, can exacerbate atopic dermatitis. Dupilumab, an IL-4 and IL-13 receptor antagonist, has demonstrated efficacy in controlling severe, recalcitrant atopic dermatitis by mitigating T helper 2-driven inflammation. We present a case of a 24-year-old male with cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 haploinsufficiency and severe atopic dermatitis successfully managed with Dupilumab. The patient showed marked improvement in eczema severity scores, including a sixfold reduction in the Eczema Area and Severity Index and a threefold reduction in the Dermatology Life Quality Index over 6 months, highlighting Dupilumab's potential role in cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4-deficient patients experiencing atopic dermatitis.

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atopic dermatitisCTLA-4 deficiencyDupilumab

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PMID39777027
PMCPMC11705363

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