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Association of allergic contact dermatitis with a promoter polymorphism in the IL16 gene.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Dec 2003
Reich Kristian, Westphal Götz, König Inke R, Mössner Rotraut, Krüger Ullrich, Ziegler Andreas, Neumann Christine, Schnuch Axel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is evidence that IL-16, a cytokine that induces chemotactic responses in CD4(+) T cells, eosinophils, and dendritic cells, plays an important role during different types of cutaneous inflammatory responses, including allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) and atopic dermatitis (AD). OBJECTIVES: We sought to test for association between a promoter polymorphism in the IL16 gene (T to C transition at...
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