Letter to the Editor

Journal of Investigative Dermatology (2006) 126, 2141–2144. doi:10.1038/sj.jid.5700368; published online 11 May 2006

Both Pimecrolimus and Corticosteroids Deplete Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis

Wolfram Hoetzenecker1, Simone Meindl1, Anton Stuetz2, Georg Stingl1 and Adelheid Elbe-Bürger1

  1. 1Department of Dermatology, Division of Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Vienna Competence Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
  2. 2Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Vienna, Austria

Correspondence: Adelheid Elbe-Bürger, E-mail: adelheid.elbe-buerger@meduniwien.ac.at

Abbreviations:

AD, atopic dermatitis; BMV, beta-methasone-17-valerate; CS, corticosteroids; DC, dendritic cell; MFI, mean fluorescence intensity; pDC, plasmacytoid DC

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