This pilot study will evaluate new methods for the collection, storage, shipment, and RNA extraction of skin tape specimens from children with atopic dermatitis (AD) that will facilitate the multi-center SunBeam Birth Cohort study. Additionally, this pilot study will test new methods for the generation of whole transcriptome sequencing data from skin tape RNA and whether these data reflect the transcriptional state of the skin in health and disease.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
20
Skin tape strips will be collected from lesional and non-lesional skin. Adhesive skin sampling discs will be firmly pressed against the skin in a hairless location (not the face) followed by lifting it free of the skin. These discs will then be used to evaluate proteins and lipids in the upper layers of skin.
National Jewish Health and University of Colorado Denver
Denver, Colorado, United States
skin RNA sequence for (lesional (L) and non-lesional (NL)) Skin Tape Strips (STS)
the novel skin tape transcriptome method will extract RNA; the outcome is to identify the difference in RNA sequence between lesional and non-lesional skin.
Time frame: through study completion, single visit with an average of 2 hours
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