Alessia Cavallo, Emanuela Camera, Grazia Bottillo, Miriam Maiellaro, Mauro Truglio, Federico Marini, Marlène Chavagnac-Bonneville, Aurélie Fauger, Eric Perrier, Flavia Pigliacelli, Mauro Picardo, Antonio Cristaudo, Maria Mariano
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a composite disease presenting disruption of the skin permeability barrier (SPB) in the stratum corneum (SC). Recent evidence supports derangement of the sebaceous gland (SG) activity in the AD pathomechanisms. The objective of this study was to delineate profiles of both sebaceous and epidermal lipids and of aminoacids from SG-rich (SGR) and SG-poor (SGP) areas in AD. Both sebum and SC were sampled from SGR areas, while SC was sampled also from SGP areas in 54 adult patients with AD, consisting of 34 and 20 subjects, respectively with and without clinical involvement of face, and in 44 age and sex-matched controls...
March 2024: Experimental Dermatology