The Epidermal Skin Barrier: Aspects of Biology and Dysfunction
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Preface: The Epidermal Skin Barrier: Aspects of Biology and Dysfunction
Donald Y.M. Leung

Filaggrin in atopic dermatitis
Grainne M. O'Regan, Aileen Sandilands, W.H. Irwin McLean, Alan D. Irvine
(Reprinted from J Allergy Clin Immunol, Volume 122, Number 4, October 2008, 689-93)

Cytokine modulation of atopic dermatitis filaggrin skin expression
Michael D. Howell, Byung Eui Kim, Peisong Gao, Audrey V. Grant, Mark Boguniewicz, Anna DeBenedetto, Lynda Schneider, Lisa A. Beck, Kathleen C. Barnes, Donald Y.M. Leung
(Reprinted from J Allergy Clin Immunol, Volume 120, Number 1, July 2007, 150-55)

Antimicrobial peptides and the skin immune defense system
Jürgen Schauber, Richard L. Gallo
(Reprinted from J Allergy Clin Immunol, Volume 122, Number 2, August 2008, 261-66)

Different effects of pimecrolimus and betamethasone on the skin barrier in patients with atopic dermatitis
Jens-Michael Jensen, Stephan Pfeiffer, Magdalena Witt, Matthias Bräutigam, Claudia Neumann, Michael Weichenthal, Thomas Schwarz, Regina Fölster-Holst, Ehrhardt Proksch
(Reprinted from J Allergy Clin Immunol, Volume 123, Number 5, May 2009, 1124-33)