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Abbreviations

AMP:

antimicrobial peptide

FDA:

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

GM-CSF:

granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor

HBD:

human B defensin

IFN:

interferon

IL:

interleukin

LPS:

lipopolysaccaride

MCI-MI:

methylchloroisothiazolinone-methylisothiazolinone

MDBGN-PE:

methyldibromoglutaronitrile-phenoxyethanol

MHC:

major histocompatibility complex

NK:

natural killer (cell)

NKT:

natural killer T-cell

PAMP:

pathogen-associated molecular pattern

PMN:

polymorphonuclear cell

PPDA:

p-phenylenediamine

PRR:

pattern recognition receptor

SCCE:

stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme

TLR:

Toll-like receptor

TNF:

tumor necrosis factor

TSLP:

thymic stromal lymphopoietin

VCAM:

vascular cell adhesion molecule

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    Gerald W. Volcheck (Consultant, Assistant Professor of Medicine)

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Volcheck, G.W. (2008). Atopic and Contact Dermatitis. In: Clinical Allergy. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-315-8_8

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