Large‐scale DNA microarray analysis of atopic skin lesions shows overexpression of an epidermal differentiation gene cluster in the alternative pathway and lack of protective gene expression in the cornified envelope

Background  Atopic dermatitis (AD)‐specific genes have not yet been clarified.

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