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Ultraviolet B suppresses immunity by inhibiting effector and memory T cells.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Apr 2008
Rana Sabita, Byrne Scott Napier, MacDonald Linda Joanne, Chan Carling Yan-Yan, Halliday Gary Mark
Abstract excerpt
Contact hypersensitivity is a T-cell-mediated response to a hapten. Exposing C57BL/6 mice to UV B radiation systemically suppresses both primary and secondary contact hypersensitivity responses. The effects of UVB on in vivo T-cell responses during UVB-induced immunosuppression are unknown. We show here that UVB exposure, before contact sensitization, inhibits the expansion of effector CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in...
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