Mast cell recruitment is modulated by the hairless skin microbiome.

Wu, Chia-Chi; Kim, Ji-Nu; Wang, Zhenping; Chang, Yu-Ling; Zengler, Karsten; Di Nardo, Anna · J Allergy Clin Immunol · 2019

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Abstract

Hairless mice have countless mast cells (MCs) in the skin and a more gram positive microbiome (GPM). MC number normalizes when TLR2, a GPM sensor, is deleted, proving a connection between hair-loss, GPM and MCs.

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