PMID- 32154748 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210802 LR - 20210802 IS - 1744-8409 (Electronic) IS - 1744-666X (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 4 DP - 2020 Apr TI - Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis: risk factors, causality assessment and potential prevention strategies. PG - 373-387 LID - 10.1080/1744666X.2020.1740591 [doi] AB - Introduction: The clinical manifestations of cutaneous adverse drug reactions are variable with different severity. Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are life-threatening severe cutaneous adverse reactions (SCARs) majorly caused by drugs and mediated by cytotoxic T cells.Areas covered: In this review, we focus on risk factors that contribute to the development of SJS/TEN and review the updated immune mechanism, preventive strategies as well as current therapeutic approaches for SJS/TEN.Expert opinion: The progress of SJS/TEN researches reveals that cytotoxic T cells majorly activated by drug interacted with the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) and T cell receptors play an important role for the immune mechanism of SJS/TEN. Several clinical assessment tools and in vitro drug-T cells activation tests have been developed to identify the causality of SJS/TEN. New therapeutic approaches and biologics such as TNF-alpha antagonist have been conducted to improve the prognosis of SJS/TEN. FAU - Lin, Chu-Chi AU - Lin CC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9017-5004 AD - Department of Dermatology, Drug Hypersensitivity Clinical and Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taipei, Keelung, Taiwan. AD - Cancer Vaccine and Immune Cell Therapy Core Laboratory, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan. FAU - Chen, Chun-Bing AU - Chen CB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7378-4235 AD - Department of Dermatology, Drug Hypersensitivity Clinical and Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taipei, Keelung, Taiwan. AD - Cancer Vaccine and Immune Cell Therapy Core Laboratory, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan. AD - Chang Gung Immunology Consortium, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan. AD - Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan, Taiwan. AD - College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. AD - Department of Dermatology, Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital, Xiamen, China. AD - Whole-Genome Research Core Laboratory of Human Diseases, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan. FAU - Wang, Chuang-Wei AU - Wang CW AD - Department of Dermatology, Drug Hypersensitivity Clinical and Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taipei, Keelung, Taiwan. AD - Cancer Vaccine and Immune Cell Therapy Core Laboratory, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan. FAU - Hung, Shuen-Iu AU - Hung SI AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6531-5538 AD - Cancer Vaccine and Immune Cell Therapy Core Laboratory, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan. FAU - Chung, Wen-Hung AU - Chung WH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1681-0959 AD - Department of Dermatology, Drug Hypersensitivity Clinical and Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taipei, Keelung, Taiwan. AD - Cancer Vaccine and Immune Cell Therapy Core Laboratory, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan. AD - Chang Gung Immunology Consortium, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan. AD - College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. AD - Department of Dermatology, Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital, Xiamen, China. AD - Whole-Genome Research Core Laboratory of Human Diseases, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20200402 PL - England TA - Expert Rev Clin Immunol JT - Expert review of clinical immunology JID - 101271248 RN - 0 (Anti-Allergic Agents) RN - 0 (Biological Products) RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anti-Allergic Agents/therapeutic use MH - Biological Products/therapeutic use MH - HLA Antigens/immunology MH - Humans MH - Risk Factors MH - Skin/*pathology MH - Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/drug therapy/epidemiology/*immunology MH - T-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/antagonists & inhibitors OTO - NOTNLM OT - Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) OT - Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) OT - T cell receptors OT - severe cutaneous adverse reactions OT - toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) EDAT- 2020/03/11 06:00 MHDA- 2021/08/03 06:00 CRDT- 2020/03/11 06:00 PHST- 2020/03/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/08/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/03/11 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/1744666X.2020.1740591 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2020 Apr;16(4):373-387. doi: 10.1080/1744666X.2020.1740591. Epub 2020 Apr 2.