Lipoteichoic acid from Staphylococcus aureus induces Th2-prone dermatitis in mice sensitized percutaneously with an allergen

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 783-788

  Matsui, K ^a   Nishikawa, A ^a  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; IFN ; IL 4; IL 5; Lipoteichoic acid; Staphylococcus aureus; Th2 cytokine

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; ALLERGEN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TEICHOIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELL COUNT; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAST CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN SENSITIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN ALLERGY;

ALLERGENS; ANIMAL; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TH2 CELLS; ANIMALS;

EID: 0035999874     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2002.01357.x     Document Type: Article

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