Establishment of nickel-specific T cell lines from patients with allergic contact dermatitis: comparison of different protocols.

doi:10.1006/clin.1994.1180

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Establishment of nickel-specific T cell lines from patients with allergic contact dermatitis: comparison of different protocols.

Clinical immunology and immunopathology - 1 Oct 1994

Bour H, Nicolas J F, Garrigue J L, Demidem A, Schmitt D

Abstract excerpt

Allergic contact dermatitis is a delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction, secondary to hapten-specific T lymphocyte activation in sensitized individuals. The present study reports on the establishment of T cell lines from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of nickel-allergic patients, initi...

Topics

CD4-CD8 Ratio
Cell Line
Dermatitis, Allergic Contact
Humans
Lymphocyte Activation
Nickel
Phenotype
T-Lymphocytes

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