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Stress May Cause Inflammatory Skin Disease

Posted: November 7, 2008

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This work was supported by grants from the German Research Foundation and the Charite.

Journal reference: 1. Joachim RA, Handjiski B, Blois SM, Hagen E, Paus R, Arck PC. "Stress-induced neurogenic inflammation in murine skin skews dendritic cells towards maturation and migration: key role of ICAM1/LFA-1 interactions," Am J Pathol, 2008 173:1379-1388

Adapted from materials provided by American Journal of Pathology, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS.

ScienceDaily, October 28, 2008