title: Immune dysregulation underlies a subset of patients with chronic idiopathic pruritus.
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Center for the Study of Itch, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland.
authors.forename: Amy Z
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Center for the Study of Itch, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Shivani V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Tripathi
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Andrew L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Kau
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Washington University Dermatopathology Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: András
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schaffer
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Center for the Study of Itch, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. Electronic address: bkim@dom.wustl.edu.
authors.forename: Brian S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000982:Antipruritics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D000068884:Immunosenescence / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011537:Pruritus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018418:Th2 Cells / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000982:Antipruritics