Dissection of antigenic and irritative effects of epicutaneously applied haptens in mice: Evidence that not the antigenic component but nonspecific proinflammatory effects of haptens determine the concentration-dependent elicitation of allergic contact dermatitis

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1158-1164

  Grabbe, Stephan ^a   Steinert, Meike ^a   Mahnke, Karsten ^a   Schwarz, Agatha ^a   Luger, Thomas A ^a   Schwarz, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

allergic contact dermatitis; contact hypersensitivity; contact sensitizers; irritant dermatitis; mouse

Indexed keywords

HAPTEN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN IRRITATION;

EID: 0029781101     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118899     Document Type: Article

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