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Irritant-induced migration of Langerhans cells coincides with an IL-10-dependent switch to a macrophage-like phenotype.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Feb 2011
Ouwehand Krista, Oosterhoff Dinja, Breetveld Melanie, Scheper Rik J, de Gruijl Tanja D, Gibbs Susan
Abstract excerpt
Langerhans cells (LCs) migrate after topical exposure of the skin to irritants, despite the supposed independence of irritant contact dermatitis from adaptive immunity. Whereas allergen-activated LCs are known to migrate to the draining lymph nodes (LNs), the fate of migrated LCs upon topical irritant exposure is unknown. Here, we identified a phenotypic switch of LCs after their migration into the dermis upon...
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