Review Article
Pathogenesis of Chronic Urticaria: An Overview
Table 2
Cytokine, chemokine, and adhesion molecule expression: urticarial wheals, uninvolved skin, and healthy control subjects [
4].
| | Urticarial wheal | Uninvolved skin | Normal healthy controls |
| Cytokines | | | | Interferon gamma | High expression | Significantly low expression | Not expressed | Interleukin-4 | High expression | Significantly low expression | Not expressed | Interleukin-5 | High expression | Significantly low expression | Not expressed | Interleukin-8 | Moderate expression | Moderate expression | Not expressed | Chemokines | | | | C X C R 3/CC R 3 | Expression similar to control skin | High expression | Expression similar in lesional and healthy control skin | Adhesion molecules | | | | Cellular adhesion molecule | High expression | Intense expression | Significant expression |
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