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JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY
Volume 134, Issue 5, Pages 1202-1210Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2014.16
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- Ministero dell'Istruzione, Universita e Ricerca (MIUR)
- Istituto Superiore di Sanita AIDS Project Role of basophils in HIV-1 infection
- Regione Campania CISI-Lab Project
- CREME Project
- TIMING Project
- Paul Ehrlich Award
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Since their discovery in 1879, basophils have been viewed as circulating blood granulocytes with limited immune function. New research tools for their functional analysis in vivo have revealed previously unrecognized roles for basophils in several skin disorders. Human basophils infiltrate different skin lesions and have been implicated in the pathogenesis of diseases ranging from chronic idiopathic urticaria to systemic lupus erythematosus. In mouse models, basophils participate in IgE-mediated chronic allergic inflammation of the skin and have a protective role in tick infestation. In this review, we discuss critical advances in our understanding of basophil biology and their roles in the pathophysiology of skin disorders.
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