Duygu Yazici, Ismail Ogulur, Yagiz Pat, Huseyn Babayev, Elena Barletta, Sena Ardicli, Manal Bel Imam, Mengting Huang, Jana Koch, Manru Li, Debbie Maurer, Urszula Radzikowska, Pattraporn Satitsuksanoa, Stephan R Schneider, Na Sun, Stephan Traidl, Alexandra Wallimann, Sebastian Wawrocki, Damir Zhakparov, Danielle Fehr, Reihane Ziadlou, Yasutaka Mitamura, Marie-Charlotte Brüggen, Willem van de Veen, Milena Sokolowska, Katja Baerenfaller, Kari Nadeau, Mubeccel Akdis, Cezmi A Akdis
Since the 1960 s, our health has been compromised by exposure to over 350,000 newly introduced toxic substances, contributing to the current pandemic in allergic, autoimmune and metabolic diseases. The "Epithelial Barrier Theory" postulates that these diseases are exacerbated by persistent periepithelial inflammation (epithelitis) triggered by exposure to a wide range of epithelial barrier-damaging substances as well as genetic susceptibility. The epithelial barrier serves as the body's primary physical, chemical, and immunological barrier against external stimuli...
October 4, 2023: Seminars in Immunology