Severity of atopic dermatitis and Ascaris lumbricoides infection: an evaluation of CCR4+ and CXCR3+ helper T cell frequency

Severity of atopic dermatitis and Ascaris lumbricoides infection: an evaluation of CCR4+ and CXCR3+ helper T cell frequency

INTRODUCTION: Ascaris lumbricoides-infected patients present lower prevalence of severe atopic dermatitis. METHODS: Peripheral blood of infected children with atopic dermatitis was assessed by flow cytometry of the frequency of Th1 and Th2 cells through the expression of CXCR3 and CCR4 chemokine rec...

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Main Authors: Maria Teresa Nascimento Silva, Vlaudia Assis Costa, Teobaldo Gonzaga Realço Pereira, Iana Rafaela Fernandes Sales, Silvana Ferreira da Silva, Maria Amélia Vieira Maciel, Elizabeth Malagueño, Valdênia Maria Oliveira Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2012-12-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Dermatite atópica
Ascaris lumbricoides
Receptores CCR4 e CXCR3
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822012000600021&lng=en&tlng=en

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