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This study was designed to investigate the inflammatory and skin barrier protective effects of D. dasycarpus in mice with calcipotriol (MC903)-induced atopic dermatitis (AD). Topical skin lesions on male Balb\/c mice (8 weeks old) were treated topically with an ethanolic extract of D. dasycarpus (EEDD), and skin water content, water holding capacity (WHC), histopathological abnormalities, and inflammatory cytokine and chemokine levels were investigated. Topical application of EEDD effectively alleviated skin lesion severity, improved skin water content and WHC, and ameliorated histopathological abnormalities, including hyperkeratosis, blood vessel numbers near the epidermis, spongiotic changes, and immune cell infiltration in skin tissues. EEDD also suppressed inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-\u03b1, thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), interleukin (IL)-1\u03b2, IL-4, IL-8, and monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP)-1. In RAW264.7 cells, EEDD reduced nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-kB) expression and suppressed the phosphorylations of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and p38. These results suggest that the root bark of D. dasycarpus has therapeutic potential due to its anti-dermatitis and skin barrier protective effects in AD and that it could be used as an ingredient in skincare products.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms252313178","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,9]],"date-time":"2024-12-09T04:01:37Z","timestamp":1733716897000},"page":"13178","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz. 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