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Cutaneous dermal Ia+ cells are capable of initiating delayed type hypersensitivity responses.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Mar 1990
Tse Y, Cooper K D
Abstract excerpt
The presence of Langerhans cells (LC) within the epidermis has been shown to be critical for inducing T-cell-mediated immune responses in the skin. The purpose of this study was to assess whether cells in the dermis can initiate T-cell-mediated delayed-type hypersensitivity responses in vivo. Initially, back skins from C3H mice were trypsinized to remove the epidermis. The dermis was enzymatically dispersed and...
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