Environment-dependent alterations of immune mediators in urban and rural south African children with atopic dermatitis.
Nonhlanhla LunjaniGe TanAnita DreherMilena SokolowskaDavid GroegerMarcin WarwyzniakCan AltunbulakliPatrick WestermannWisdom BaseraLelani HobaneMaresa BothaClaudia GrayAvumile MankahlaClive GrayKari Christine NadeauCarol HlelaMichael Eliad LevinCorina M BersetMübeccel AkdisPublished in: Allergy (2021)
This study highlights the immunological impact of environmental exposures and socio-economic status in the manifestation of immune endotypes in children with AD living in urban and rural areas, which are important in selecting appropriately matched immunological therapies for treatment of AD.