Table 2.

Severity Scoring of atopic dermatitis (AD) (SCORAD) index and plasma LIGHT [the name of which is derived from ‘homologous to lymphotoxins, exhibits inducible expression, competes with herpes simplex virus glycoprotein D for herpes simplex virus entry mediator (HVEM), and expressed by T lymphocytes’] levels before to after treatment from the five patients with AD.

	SCORAD index		LIGHT (pg/ml)
Patient	Pre	Post	Pre	Post
1	45	20	339·3	72·3
2	43	16	107·7	2·6
3	49	22	60·2	16·1
4	40	15	65·4	35·0
5	90	35	148·0	2·6