Alopecia areata is driven by cytotoxic T lymphocytes and is reversed by JAK inhibition.

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Published in Nat Med on August 17, 2014

Authors

Luzhou Xing1, Zhenpeng Dai2, Ali Jabbari2, Jane E Cerise3, Claire A Higgins4, Weijuan Gong4, Annemieke de Jong4, Sivan Harel4, Gina M DeStefano5, Lisa Rothman4, Pallavi Singh4, Lynn Petukhova4, Julian Mackay-Wiggan4, Angela M Christiano6, Raphael Clynes7

Author Affiliations

1: 1] Department of Pathology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. [2].
2: 1] Department of Dermatology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. [2].
3: 1] Department of Dermatology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. [2] Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
4: Department of Dermatology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
5: 1] Department of Dermatology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. [2] Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
6: 1] Department of Dermatology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. [2] Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. [3].
7: 1] Department of Pathology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. [2] Department of Dermatology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. [3] Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. [4].

Associated clinical trials:

Pilot Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Ruxolitinib in Alopecia Areata | NCT01950780

Androgenetic Alopecia and the JAK-STAT Pathway | NCT03694067

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