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Extracellular adherence protein of Staphylococcus aureus suppresses disease by inhibiting T-cell recruitment in a mouse model of psoriasis.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Mar 2010
Wang Honglin, von Rohrscheidt Julia, Roehrbein Jan, Peters Thorsten, Sindrilaru Anca, Kess Daniel, Preissner Klaus T, Scharffetter-Kochanek Karin
Abstract excerpt
Psoriasis is a T-cell-mediated inflammatory disease. Previous studies focused on lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 (LFA-1)-expressing T cells as a molecular target for therapeutic intervention. By contrast, information on therapeutic effects and the underlying mechanism of blocking the LFA-1 counter receptor, ICAM-1 is scarce. Here, we used the CD18 (beta2-integrin) hypomorphic (CD18hypo) mouse model of...
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