TY - JOUR
T1 - Examination of an inhibitory effect on the immunoglobulin E production by Th2 cytokine inhibitor on atopic dermatitis
AU - Kitaba, Shun
AU - Inui, Shigeki
AU - Katayama, Ichiro
AU - Matsumoto, Yoshinari
AU - Matsumura, Yumi
AU - Miyachi, Yoshiki
AU - Kishioka, Akiko
AU - Furukawa, Fukumi
AU - Kubota, Yasuo
AU - Nakanishi, Gen
AU - Iwatsuki, Keiji
AU - Kaneko, Sakae
AU - Morita, Eishin
AU - Izu, Kunio
AU - Tokura, Yoshiki
AU - Fukagawa, Shuji
AU - Furue, Masutaka
AU - Takenaka, Motoi
AU - Sato, Shinichi
AU - Katagiri, Kazumoto
PY - 2007/3
Y1 - 2007/3
N2 - We investigated the effects of oral Suplatast tosilate(IPD), the selective Th2 cytokine suppressor, on adult atopic dermatitis(AD). We divided the patients into two groups; (1)IPD+topical ointment (IPD group) and (2) antiallergic drug+topical ointment or topical ointment alone (control groups), and evaluated skin symptoms, serum immunoglobulin E level, LDH level, and the number of eosinophils and basophils. Although there were no significant improvement of laboratory data, skin symptoms improved in both groups. Especially in high value of immunoglobulin E and basophils patients, the IPD group showed significant improvement of skin symptoms compared with the control group. Therefore, we suggest that IPD may be more effective to the patients with high value of immunoglobulin E and basophils.
AB - We investigated the effects of oral Suplatast tosilate(IPD), the selective Th2 cytokine suppressor, on adult atopic dermatitis(AD). We divided the patients into two groups; (1)IPD+topical ointment (IPD group) and (2) antiallergic drug+topical ointment or topical ointment alone (control groups), and evaluated skin symptoms, serum immunoglobulin E level, LDH level, and the number of eosinophils and basophils. Although there were no significant improvement of laboratory data, skin symptoms improved in both groups. Especially in high value of immunoglobulin E and basophils patients, the IPD group showed significant improvement of skin symptoms compared with the control group. Therefore, we suggest that IPD may be more effective to the patients with high value of immunoglobulin E and basophils.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34249034683
SN - 0018-1390
VL - 6
SP - 8
EP - 14
JO - Skin Research
JF - Skin Research
IS - SUPPL. 8
ER -