Dupilumab but not cyclosporine treatment shifts the microbiome toward a healthy skin flora in patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis
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Dupilumab but not cyclosporine treatment shifts the microbiome toward a healthy skin flora in patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis. / Hartmann, Jan; Moitinho-Silva, Lucas; Sander, Nicole; Harder, Inken; Häsler, Robert; Rodriguez, Elke; Haufe, Eva; Kleinheinz, Andreas; Abraham, Susanne; Heratizadeh, Annice; Weisshaar, Elke; Schäkel, Knut; Handrick, Christiane; Augustin, Matthias; Wollenberg, Andreas; Staubach-Renz, Petra; Ertner, Konstantin; Sticherling, Michael; Schwarz, Beate; Quist, Sven; Wiemers, Franca; Schenck, Florian; Wildberger, Julia; Tittmann, Lukas; Lieb, Wolfgang; Schmitt, Jochen; Werfel, Thomas; Weidinger, Stephan; TREATgermany study group.
In: ALLERGY, Vol. 78, No. 8, 08.2023, p. 2290-2300.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Dupilumab but not cyclosporine treatment shifts the microbiome toward a healthy skin flora in patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis
AU - Hartmann, Jan
AU - Moitinho-Silva, Lucas
AU - Sander, Nicole
AU - Harder, Inken
AU - Häsler, Robert
AU - Rodriguez, Elke
AU - Haufe, Eva
AU - Kleinheinz, Andreas
AU - Abraham, Susanne
AU - Heratizadeh, Annice
AU - Weisshaar, Elke
AU - Schäkel, Knut
AU - Handrick, Christiane
AU - Augustin, Matthias
AU - Wollenberg, Andreas
AU - Staubach-Renz, Petra
AU - Ertner, Konstantin
AU - Sticherling, Michael
AU - Schwarz, Beate
AU - Quist, Sven
AU - Wiemers, Franca
AU - Schenck, Florian
AU - Wildberger, Julia
AU - Tittmann, Lukas
AU - Lieb, Wolfgang
AU - Schmitt, Jochen
AU - Werfel, Thomas
AU - Weidinger, Stephan
AU - TREATgermany study group
N1 - © 2023 The Authors. Allergy published by European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2023/8
Y1 - 2023/8
N2 - BACKGROUND: Atopic dermatitis (AD) patients display an altered skin microbiome which may not only be an indicator but also a driver of inflammation. We aimed to investigate associations among AD patients' skin microbiome, clinical data, and response to systemic therapy in patients of the TREATgermany registry.METHODS: Skin swabs of 157 patients were profiled with 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing before and after 3 months of treatment with dupilumab or cyclosporine. For comparison, 16s microbiome data from 258 population-based healthy controls were used. Disease severity was assessed using established instruments such as the Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI).RESULTS: We confirmed the previously shown correlation of Staphylococcus aureus abundance and bacterial alpha diversity with AD severity as measured by EASI. Therapy with Dupilumab shifted the bacterial community toward the pattern seen in healthy controls. The relative abundance of Staphylococci and in particular S. aureus significantly decreased on both lesional and non-lesional skin, whereas the abundance of Staphylococcus hominis increased. These changes were largely independent from the degree of clinical improvement and were not observed for cyclosporine.CONCLUSIONS: Systemic treatment with dupilumab but not cyclosporine tends to restore a healthy skin microbiome largely independent of the clinical response indicating potential effects of IL-4RA blockade on the microbiome.
AB - BACKGROUND: Atopic dermatitis (AD) patients display an altered skin microbiome which may not only be an indicator but also a driver of inflammation. We aimed to investigate associations among AD patients' skin microbiome, clinical data, and response to systemic therapy in patients of the TREATgermany registry.METHODS: Skin swabs of 157 patients were profiled with 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing before and after 3 months of treatment with dupilumab or cyclosporine. For comparison, 16s microbiome data from 258 population-based healthy controls were used. Disease severity was assessed using established instruments such as the Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI).RESULTS: We confirmed the previously shown correlation of Staphylococcus aureus abundance and bacterial alpha diversity with AD severity as measured by EASI. Therapy with Dupilumab shifted the bacterial community toward the pattern seen in healthy controls. The relative abundance of Staphylococci and in particular S. aureus significantly decreased on both lesional and non-lesional skin, whereas the abundance of Staphylococcus hominis increased. These changes were largely independent from the degree of clinical improvement and were not observed for cyclosporine.CONCLUSIONS: Systemic treatment with dupilumab but not cyclosporine tends to restore a healthy skin microbiome largely independent of the clinical response indicating potential effects of IL-4RA blockade on the microbiome.
KW - Humans
KW - Dermatitis, Atopic/genetics
KW - Cyclosporine/pharmacology
KW - Staphylococcus aureus/genetics
KW - RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
KW - Skin
KW - Microbiota
KW - Treatment Outcome
KW - Severity of Illness Index
U2 - 10.1111/all.15742
DO - 10.1111/all.15742
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 37032440
VL - 78
SP - 2290
EP - 2300
JO - ALLERGY
JF - ALLERGY
SN - 0105-4538
IS - 8
ER -