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Modification of LC phenotype and suppression of contact hypersensitivity response by stress.
Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery - 1 Oct 1998
Hosoi J, Tsuchiya T, Denda M, Ashida Y, Takashima A, Granstein R D, Koyama J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Stress is thought to exacerbate a number of diseases, some of which are skin disorders. Epidermal Langerhans' cells play a major role in cutaneous immune reactions. OBJECTIVE: The effects of two types of stress on the cutaneous immune system were to be assessed in mice. METHODS: Mice received stress by immobilization or housing at various population densities. Epidermal sheets were stained for I-A...
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