Regulatory T cells in atopic dermatitis: Epidermal dendritic cell clusters may contribute to their local expansion

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 984-993

  Szegedi, A ^a   Barath S ^a   Nagy, G ^a   Szodoray, P ^a   Gal M ^a   Sipka, S ^a   Bagdi, E ^b   Banham, A H ^c   Krenacs L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b Laboratory of Tumor Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Atopy patch test; Dendritic cell; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERLEUKIN 10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PATCH TEST; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGERHANS CELLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849109429     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09035.x     Document Type: Article

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