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. 2022 Apr;50(4):500–507. doi: 10.1124/dmd.121.000414

TABLE 2.

Studies focused on the role of Nrf2 in skin allergy

Disease Model Effect of Nrf2-Knockout References
Atopic Dermatitis BALB/cWT & Nrf2 (−/−) ↓ Ear thickness; ↓ effector cell infiltration, ↓ type 2 cytokine, ↓ IgE response (Ogawa et al., 2020b)
Contact Dermatitis Ex vivo: BMDC Nrf2 (+/+) versus (−/−) ↓ Expression of antioxidant genes (Mussotter et al., 2016)
C57BL/6WT & Nrf2(−/−) ↑ PMN recruitment to skin during sensitization phase (Helou et al., 2019)
C57BL/6WT & Nrf2(−/−) ↑ Ear thickness (El Ali et al., 2013; Helou et al., 2019)

IgE, immunoglobulin E.