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Mechanical injury polarizes skin dendritic cells to elicit a T(H)2 response by inducing cutaneous thymic stromal lymphopoietin expression.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Nov 2010
Oyoshi Michiko K, Larson Ryan P, Ziegler Steven F, Geha Raif S
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BACKGROUND: Atopic dermatitis is characterized by scratching and by T(H)2-dominated immune response to cutaneously introduced antigens. Antigen application to skin mechanically injured by tape stripping results in T(H)2-dominated skin inflammation. OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of tape strippi...
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