Inducible ablation of mouse Langerhans cells diminishes but fails to abrogate contact hypersensitivity

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 569-576

  Bennett, Clare L ^a   Van Rijn, Erwin ^a   Jung, Steffen ^b   Inaba, Kayo ^c   Steinman, Ralph M ^d   Kapsenberg, Martien L ^a   Clausen, Björn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTACT ALLERGY; DENDRITIC CELL; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LANGERHANS CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CELL DEATH; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LANGERHANS CELLS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SKIN;

EID: 22344443257     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200501071     Document Type: Article

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