Eczema News: NIAID Researchers Identify Link Between Common Chemicals and Eczema

Normal skin bacteria exposed to isocyanate stop production of the oils skin needs to stay healthy.

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 NIAID Researchers Identify Link Between Common Chemicals and Eczema Raised red lesions pepper the skin of a young child with eczema. Credit: NIAID NIAID scientists have found an association between widely used chemicals called diisocyanates and eczema, a chronic inflammatory skin disease. The researchers also found through an experiment in mice that when bacteria normally residing on skin are exposed to isocyanate, a component of diisocyanates, they adapt by stopping production of the oils skin needs to stay healthy. These findings were recently published in the journal Science Advances. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases  |  National Institutes of Health Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact Subscriber Help. This service is provided to you at no charge by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).                             This email was sent to myhcistech.healthnews360@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 5601 Fishers Lane · Bethesda, MD 20892 · 1-866-284-4107