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Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common disease with a complex etiology in childhood and adult life. A significant proportion of childhood AD is transient, but in many cases it persists into adulthood. We have recently shown that null mutations in the filaggrin gene (FLG) are an important predisposing factor for childhood eczema and eczema-associated asthma, but persistence to adulthood has not been analyzed. Here we studied a cohort of adult patients with persistent AD, which had been present since early childhood. In this cohort, the combined allele frequency of the two common FLGnull variants was 0.270 (cf. population frequency 0.046). This represents an odds ratio of 7.7 with 95% confidence interval of 5.3-10.9 and a χ2 P-value of 1.7-53. Our data conclusively demonstrate that identification of FLGnull alleles is an indicator of a poor prognosis in AD, predisposing to a form of eczema that starts in early infancy and persists into adulthood. This study helps to further define the nature of the AD phenotype associated with FLG null alleles. © 2006 The Society for Investigative Dermatology.
Author(s): Barker JNWN, Palmer CNA, Zhao Y, Liao H, Hull PR, Lee SP, Allen MH, Meggitt SJ, Reynolds NJ, Trembath RC, McLean WHI
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Year: 2007
Volume: 127
Issue: 3
Pages: 564-567
Print publication date: 01/03/2007
ISSN (print): 0022-202X
ISSN (electronic): 1523-1747
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.jid.5700587
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700587
PubMed id: 16990802
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