Figure 2.
MARs are characterized by macrophage and CD8 T-cell infiltration with a peculiar histologic and gene expression pattern. (A) Clinical picture of a representative patient with MAR. (B) Histopathology of a lesional biopsy specimen of MAR. Magnification ×200; hematoxylin-eosin stain. Granulomatous infiltrate of the upper and mid dermis. (C) Immunohistochemistry (CD3, CD4, CD8, and CD163) on a lesional skin biopsy specimen of MAR. Magnification ×200.The infiltrate comprises macrophages (CD163) and a predominance of CD8 T cells, including intraepidermal CD8 T cells. (D) Histograms of T cell, CD8 T cell, macrophage, and monocyte mean percentages in skin at baseline, first rash, and second rash. (E) Histograms of cell populations: mean percentages in skin at baseline, first rash, and second rash. (F) Venn diagrams of differentially expressed genes (DEG) in MARs compared with MPRs and AGEP.