Camille Braun, Cédric Badiou, Aurélie Guironnet-Paquet, Masashi Iwata, Vanina Lenief, Amandine Mosnier, Charlotte Beauclair, Emilie Renucci, Pauline Bouschon, Roxane Cuzin, Yoann Briend, Vijaykumar Patra, Sabine Patot, Tiffany C Scharschmidt, Willem van Wamel, Nicole Lemmens, Saeko Nakajima, François Vandenesh, Jean-François Nicolas, Gérard Lina, Audrey Nosbaum, Marc Vocanson
BACKGROUND: The contribution of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) to the exacerbation of atopic dermatitis (AD) is widely documented, but its role as a primary trigger of AD skin symptoms remains poorly explored. OBJECTIVE: To reappraise the main bacterial factors and underlying immune mechanisms by which S. aureus triggers AD-like inflammation. METHODS: We capitalized on a pre-clinical model, in which different clinical isolates were applied in the absence of any prior experimental skin injury...
May 9, 2024: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology