Dermatology

The Potential Sequelae of Missed Opportunities: How Systemic Type 2 Inflammation Can Shape a Patient's Life

Dr. Nicole Chase describes a potential hypothesis for the link between the shift to an industrialized society and the rise in type 2 inflammatory diseases, highlighting the loss of immunomodulatory mechanisms driven by helminthic infections. She explains how unopposed immune responses to common environmental allergens may cause chronic type 2 inflammation, manifesting throughout the body.
Nicole Chase
MD
Nicole Chase

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Learning objectives

  • Recognize atopic dermatitis as an early manifestation of systemic type 2 inflammation
MAT-GLB-2605840 - 1.0 - 10/2026

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Allergy/Immunology
Dermatology

Nicole Chase

MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota; Physician Minneapolis VA Health Care System; Partner, St. Paul Allergy & Asthma, PA

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Nicole Chase