Insights into Langerhans cell function from Langerhans cell ablation models

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2369-2376

  Kaplan, Daniel H ^a   Kissenpfennig, Adrien ^b   Clausen, Björn E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contact hypersensitivity; Dendritic cell; Langerhans cell; Langerin; Skin immunity

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LANGERIN; CD207 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CONTACT ALLERGY; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE MODEL; EPIDERMIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LANGERHANS CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CONTACT DERMATITIS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; DENDRITIC CELLS; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LANGERHANS CELLS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; SKIN;

EID: 55249092998     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200838397     Document Type: Short Survey

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