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2021 Apr 08


Allergy

Electrical impedance spectroscopy for the characterization of skin barrier in atopic dermatitis.

Authors

Rinaldi AO, Korsfeldt A, Ward S, Burla D, Dreher A, Gautschi M, Stolpe B, Tan G, Bersuch E, Melin D, Askary Lord N, Grant S, Svedenhag P, Tsekova K, Schmid-Grendelmeier P, Möhrenschlager M, Renner ED, Akdis CA
Allergy. 2021 Apr 08.
PMID: 33830511.

Abstract

Allergic disorders such as atopic dermatitis (AD) are strongly associated with an impairment of the epithelial barrier, in which tight junctions and/or filaggrin expression can be defective. Skin barrier assessment shows potential to be clinically useful for prediction of disease development, improved and earlier diagnosis, lesion follow-up and therapy evaluation. This study aimed to establish a method to directly assess the in vivo status of epithelial barrier using electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS).