Natural moisturizing factors in children with and without eczema: Associations with lifestyle and genetic factors.
Millie Nguyen BasuC G MortzT K JensenT BaringtonS HalkenPublished in: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV (2021)
We found decreased levels of NMF with early moisturizer use and a genetic influence of the FLG variant on these levels. NMF was decreased in the AD subgroup with previous AD compared with HC, which could suggest the persistence of a Th2 cytokine milieu suppressing these levels.