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Pathophysiology

Although it is such a common disease, relatively little is understood about the underlying causes of atopic eczema.[1] While AE is associated with allergic asthma and allergic rhinitis, the connection between the diseases has not been established.[1] Twin studies have consistently shown that the disease has a higher rate of concordance in identical as compared to fraternal twins, which also indicates that genetics plays a role in its development.[1] However, the rate of concordance between identical twins is far from 100%, and the changing frequency of the disease over time points to the environmental factors—nutrition or hygiene, for instance—that also play a role in disease susceptibility.[2]

Genomic research into the cause of multigenic diseases is still in its infancy: few genes have ever been identified that contribute to multigenic human disorders.[2] Researchers have attempted to do this in past whole-genome screens for AE and related diseases, but their results have been inconsistent. A few of the pertinent loci have been validated by replication in further studies (chromosome 2q, chromosome 6p, and chromosome 12q, for example),[3] but most have not been.

Associations with ATOD1, ATOD2, ATOD3, ATOD4, ATOD5 and ATOD6 have been identified.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Klüken, H., Wienker, T., & Bieber, T. Atopic eczema/dermatitis syndrome – a genetically complex disease. New advances in discovering the genetic contribution. Allergy 58 (2003): pp 5-12.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Schreiber, S. et al. Genetics of Crohn Disease, an archetypal inflammatory barrier disease. Nature Reviews Genetics 6 (2005), pp. 376-388.
  3. Lyle J. Palmer and William O.C.M. Cookson. Genomic Approaches to Understanding Asthma. Genome Research Vol. 10, Issue 9, 1280-1287, September 2000.
  4. "OMIM - DERMATITIS, ATOPIC". Retrieved 2008-09-19.


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