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Cutaneous Allergy and Host Defense Lab
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The lab investigates the pathology of atopic dermatitis through the relationship between pathogenic bacteria and the immune system.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the origin of allergy through skin bacteria and immunity
The Cutaneous Allergy and Host Defense Lab has studied how pathogenic bacteria contribute to atopic dermatitis through quorum sensing.
The lab holds that, to understand the pathology, it is important to determine whether pathogenic bacteria detected on the skin are merely a "consequence of the disease" or are involved in the "formation of the pathology."
Currently, using bacterial genome analysis and immunological approaches, the lab is analyzing the pre-disease state (mibyo) that is linked to the starting point of allergy onset.
Using genome analysis technology for pathogenic bacteria, the lab also studies the mechanisms by which hospital-acquired infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria become difficult to treat.
The lab belongs to the Immunology Group at the Immunology Frontier Research Center.
Key terms
- Quorum sensing
- A mechanism that bacteria possess. In Staphylococcus aureus, toxins are produced depending on this genomic region
- Atopic dermatitis
- A skin disease that is not classified as an infection. Specific pathogenic bacteria are detected on the skin of patients
- Allergic march
- The progression in which food allergy, asthma, and other conditions develop following the onset of atopic dermatitis in infancy
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies how disease pathology develops through the interaction between bacterial quorum sensing and immunity. It aims to uncover the mutual mechanisms between host immunity and microbes in the skin, and to understand the starting point of allergy onset.
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- ProfessorYumi Matsuoka
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Staphylococcus aureus 01” Photo Credit: Janice Carr Content Providers(s): CDC/ Matthew J. Arduino, DRPH; Janice Carr / Public domain (cropped)
- Disease pathology formed by quorum sensing and immunity: “Pure Isolated colonies of Staphylococcus aureus on Blood agar” Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Microbiology and Immunology Lab): “Inflammed mucous layer of the intestinal villi depicting Celiac disease” www.scientificanimations.com / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Cutaneous Immunology Lab): “Immunofluorescence light microscopy I” Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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