RT Book, Section A1 Nagao, Keisuke A1 Udey, Mark C. A2 Kang, Sewon A2 Amagai, Masayuki A2 Bruckner, Anna L. A2 Enk, Alexander H. A2 Margolis, David J. A2 McMichael, Amy J. A2 Orringer, Jeffrey S. SR Print(0) ID 1161321352 T1 Basic Principles of Immunologic Diseases in Skin (Pathophysiology of Immunologic/Inflammatory Skin Diseases) T2 Fitzpatrick's Dermatology, 9e YR 2019 FD 2019 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071837798 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161321352 RD 2024/04/23 AB AT A GLANCEImmunologic/inflammatory skin diseases result from inappropriate and frequently exaggerated responses to endogenous skin constituents or external stimuli and are orchestrated by leukocytes and nonleukocytes.Disease pathogenesis is often incompletely understood, but select experimental models and skin diseases have provided insight into the pathogenesis of human immunologic/inflammatory skin diseases.This chapter provides examples where disease pathogenesis is reasonably well understood and describes contemporary approaches that have resulted in improved understanding and, in some instances, improved therapy.