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Fig. 23.1 Newly developing wheal Fig. 23.2 Angioedema 23.2 Classification Urticaria is classified according to (1) its duration and (2) its triggers of exacerbation (Table 23.1). In acute urticaria , the…

Fig. 18.1 History of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Looking back at the history of ß-lactam resistance of S. aureus, we notice we have experienced emergence of three generations of MRSA. The…

Fig. 3.1 Overview of epidermal keratinocytes in innate immunity. The keratinocyte is the first cell to come in contact with and sense pathogens. Keratinocytes detect gram-positive bacteria and virus-associated double-stranded…

  Naïve Central memory Effector memory Resident memory CD44 −/low + + + CD62La (L-selectin) + + − − CCR7a + + − − CD127 (IL-7Rα) Varied + + Varied…

Fig. 1.1 Immunohistochemistry of the skin with S100. The skin consists of the corneum, epidermis, and dermis. The epidermis contains Langerhans cells, and the dermis contains dermal dendritic cells, which…

Fig. 25.1 (a) Schematic of construction of the scFv antibody library and isolation of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) with specific binding to desmoglein (Dsg) using phage display. (b) Direct disruption of…

dsDNA viruses Poxviridae Molluscum contagiosum virus Herpesviridae α: human herpesvirus 1, 2, 3 (HSV-1, HSV-2, VZV) β: human herpesvirus 5, 6, 7 (HCMV, HHV-6, HHV-7) γ: human herpesvirus 4, 8…

Fig. 21.1 AD spectrum based on extrinsic and intrinsic AD dichotomy. AD can be divided into barrier-disrupted high-IgE extrinsic type and barrier-nondisrupted normal IgE intrinsic type. Some of the patients…

Chemokines  CXCL1 (growth-related oncogene-α)  CXCL4 (PF-4)  CXCL5 (epithelial neutrophil-activating peptide-78)  CXCL7 (β-TG)  CXCL8 (interleukin-8)  CXCL12 (stromal cell-derived factor-1)  CCL1 (I-309)  CCL2 (macrophage chemotactic protein-1)  CCL3 (macrophage inflammatory protein-1α)  CCL5 (RANTES)…