Too Much, Too Little or Just Enough: A Goldilocks Effect for IL-13 and Skin Barrier Regulation?

J Invest Dermatol

National Children's Research Centre, Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Paediatric Dermatology, Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address:

Published: March 2016

The mechanistic relationship between IL-4/IL-13 and skin barrier function has been of interest since the filaggrin discovery and the subsequent in vitro demonstration that IL-4 and IL-13 downregulate filaggrin expression in cultured keratinocytes. Hönzke and colleagues explore these interactions further. The effects of IL-4/ll-13 may be context dependent, with differing roles in homeostasis and in disease.

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