Article
Enhanced contact hypersensitivity and antiviral immune responses in vivo by keratinocyte-targeted overexpression of IL-15.
European journal of immunology - 1 Jul 2004
Loser Karin, Mehling Annette, Apelt Jenny, Ständer Sonja, Andres Pietro G, Reinecker Hans-Christian, Eing Bodo R, Skryabin Boris V, Varga Georg, Schwarz Thomas, Beissert Stefan
Abstract excerpt
IL-15 is involved in lymphocyte homeostasis. To investigate the role of IL-15 in the skin in vivo, mice were generated that overexpress IL-15 in keratinocytes, resulting in increased IL-15 protein levels in the skin but not elevated IL-15 serum concentrations. Keratin 14 (K14)-IL-15 transgenic (tg) mice showed increased contact hypersensitivity (CHS) responses. Transfer of primed wild-type (wt) and tg T cells...
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