Human β-defensin-2 as a marker for disease severity and skin barrier properties in atopic dermatitis

Temporal shifts in the skin microbiome associated with disease flares and treatment in children with atopic dermatitis

(2012) H. H. Kong et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Urea Uptake Enhances Barrier Function and Antimicrobial Defense in Humans by Regulating Epidermal Gene Expression

(2012) Susanne Grether-Beck et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Differential suppression of epidermal antimicrobial protein expression in atopic dermatitis and in EFAD mice by pimecrolimus compared to corticosteroids

(2011) Jens-Michael Jensen et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Increased serum human β-defensin-2 levels in atopic dermatitis: Relationship to IL-22 and oncostatin M

(2011) Naoko Kanda et al.   IMMUNOBIOLOGY

Atopic dermatitis: a disease of altered skin barrier and immune dysregulation

(2011) Mark Boguniewicz et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

The Coordinated Response of the Physical and Antimicrobial Peptide Barriers of the Skin

(2011) Andrew W. Borkowski et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Human β-defensin-2 enhances IFN-γ and IL-10 production and suppresses IL-17 production in T cells

(2011) Naoko Kanda et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Treatment Outcomes of Secondarily Impetiginized Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis Lesions and the Role of Oral Antibiotics

(2011) Jeffrey B. Travers et al.   PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY

Stratum corneum lipids, skin barrier function and filaggrin mutations in patients with atopic eczema

(2010) J. M. Jungersted et al.   ALLERGY

Atopic Dermatitis

(2010) Thomas Bieber   Annals of Dermatology

Staphylococcal-mediated worsening of atopic dermatitis: many players involved

(2010) T. Agner   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Narrowband ultraviolet B treatment improves vitamin D balance and alters antimicrobial peptide expression in skin lesions of psoriasis and atopic dermatitis

(2010) K. Vähävihu et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Skin barrier response to occlusion of healthy and irritated skin: Differences in trans-epidermal water loss, erythema and stratum corneum lipids

(2010) Jakob Mutanu Jungersted et al.   CONTACT DERMATITIS

Enhanced Expression and Secretion of Antimicrobial Peptides in Atopic Dermatitis and after Superficial Skin Injury

(2010) Jürgen Harder et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

β-Defensin-2 Protein Is a Serum Biomarker for Disease Activity in Psoriasis and Reaches Biologically Relevant Concentrations in Lesional Skin

(2009) Patrick A. M. Jansen et al.   PLoS One

Microanalysis of an antimicrobial peptide, β-defensin-2, in the stratum corneum from patients with atopic dermatitis

(2008) S. Asano et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Pimecrolimus Enhances TLR2/6-Induced Expression of Antimicrobial Peptides in Keratinocytes

(2008) Amanda S. Büchau et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY