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The imidazoquinolines, imiquimod and R-848, induce functional, but not phenotypic, maturation of human epidermal Langerhans' cells.
Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) - 1 Jan 2000
Burns R P, Ferbel B, Tomai M, Miller R, Gaspari A A
Abstract excerpt
Imiquimod (R-837) and its more potent derivative (R-848) are imidazoquinolines that have adjuvant activity in cultured human mononuclear cells. Its mechanism of action on epidermal antigen-presenting cells is not known. The purpose of the present investigation was to determine whether imiquimod and R-848 affect human epidermal Langerhans' cells' (LC) in vitro maturation. Pulse incubations (6-16 h) of cultured...
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