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Tumor necrosis factor alpha polymorphism correlates with deleterious effects of ultraviolet B light on cutaneous immunity.
Cancer research - 15 Feb 1993
Vincek V, Kurimoto I, Medema J P, Prieto E, Streilein J W
Abstract excerpt
Intradermally injected tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) mimics the effects of UV B light (UVB) radiation and neutralizing anti-TNF-alpha antibodies abolish the deleterious effects of UVB on induction of contact hypersensitivity suggesting that TNF-alpha is the major mediator of UVB effects on cutaneous immunity. In the present study we have shown that in lipopolysaccharide-sensitive inbred strains of mice,...
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