Sentences with phrase «defective skin barrier»
Airborne pollens, molds, dust particles etc. gain entry to the skin through a defective skin barrier, and from there their proteins are presented to the immune system.
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Eczema can result from the loss of structural proteins in the outermost layers of the skin, leading to a defective skin barrier.
«Our findings demonstrate how the pro-allergic, type 2 immune response alters lipid formation in the skin, leading to a defective skin barrier and the dry, cracked and itchy skin in eczema,» said Dr. Leung.
«We have long known that an activated immune system and a defective skin barrier are both important factors in eczema, but not how they are related and which one drives the disease,» said Dr. Leung.
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Genes, skin trauma such as from scratching or rubbing, and inflammation can all contribute to this defective or «leaky» skin barrier in people with eczema.
Atopic dogs have defective epidermal lipid barriers in their skin.
Bacterial skin infection occurs when the epidermal barrier is defective or the immune system has been suppressed.