Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Research 2016, 8 (5): 457-60
Youin Bae, Kenji Izuhara, Soichiro Ohta, Junya Ono, Gwan Ui Hong, Jai Youl Ro, Gyeong Hun Park, Jeong Hee Choi
Abstract
Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is a complex idiopathic disease of the skin with various cellular infiltrations. Although mast cells are key effector cells in the pathogenesis of CSU, CD4+ T helper 2 cells also have particular roles in the development and maintenance of CSU. Periostin is known as a downstream molecule of interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13, key cytokines of type 2 immune responses.