Article
Mononuclear cell subsets in the nickel-allergic reaction in vitro and in vivo.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Apr 1992
Silvennoinen-Kassinen S, Ikäheimo I, Karvonen J, Kauppinen M, Kallioinen M
Abstract excerpt
Nickel is the major cause of metal-induced contact allergy. To understand the mechanism of its immune reaction, we studied changes in lymphocyte surface markers during nickel challenge in both allergic and healthy subjects using an in vitro nickel reaction in which the lymphocytes of allergic sub...
Topics
- Antigens, Differentiation
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte
- Biopsy
- CD3 Complex
- CD4 Antigens
- Dermatitis, Contact
- HLA-DR Antigens
- Humans
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Nickel
- Phenotype
