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ReviewFrontiers in allergy2025

Biomarkers to aid in diagnosis of allergic contact dermatitis.

Manuel Sargen, Akimi Sasaki, Anish R Maskey, Xiu-Min Li

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Review in Frontiers in allergy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Manuel Sargen *Department of Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States.
Akimi Sasaki *Department of Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States.
Anish R Maskey *Department of Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States.
Xiu-Min LiDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) is an increasingly common skin condition characterized by itchy rashes in response to allergens. The most common diagnostic test involves patch testing (PT), but despite the efficacy of PT for identifying and guiding patients toward avoidance of allergens, PT alone does not elucidate the underlying biomechanistic changes which may be useful for sub-categorizing ACD further. In addition, some patients may never be able to identify their causative allergens unless they go to highly specialized ACD centers. Accordingly, this mini review attempts to summarize biomarkers that may help with identifying and sub-categorizing cases of ACD for appropriate diagnosis, especially in patients with difficult-to-identify allergens.

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allergic contact dermatitisbiomarkersdiagnosishaptenspathophysiology

Identifiers

PMID40078968
PMCPMC11897272

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