2014
IL-9 Regulates Allergen-Specific Th1 Responses in Allergic Contact Dermatitis
Liu J, Harberts E, Tammaro A, Girardi N, Filler RB, Fishelevich R, Temann A, Licona-Limón P, Girardi M, Flavell RA, Gaspari AA. IL-9 Regulates Allergen-Specific Th1 Responses in Allergic Contact Dermatitis. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2014, 134: 1903-1911. PMID: 24487305, PMCID: PMC4303591, DOI: 10.1038/jid.2014.61.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAllergic contact dermatitisIL-9 productionIL-9IL-4Contact dermatitisAllergen-specific Th1 responsesHuman allergic contact dermatitisPositive patch test sitesPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsCytokine IL-9Non-atopic patientsContact hypersensitivity modelIFN-γ productionIL-4 secretionBlood mononuclear cellsNickel-allergic patientsLymphocyte immune responseSkin biopsy specimensWild-type micePatch test sitesTh9 lymphocytesAllergic asthmaIL-17ATh1 responseCytokines IFN
2003
Anti‐inflammatory effects in the skin of thymosin‐β4 splice‐variants
Girardi M, Sherling MA, Filler RB, Shires J, Theodoridis E, Hayday AC, Tigelaar RE. Anti‐inflammatory effects in the skin of thymosin‐β4 splice‐variants. Immunology 2003, 109: 1-7. PMID: 12709011, PMCID: PMC1782938, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2003.01616.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDendritic epidermal T cellsContact dermatitisAnti-inflammatory effectsEpidermal T cellsAnti-inflammatory propertiesIrritant contact dermatitisAllergic contact dermatitisAnti-inflammatory activityT cell receptorNeutrophil infiltrationNeutrophilic infiltrationCutaneous inflammationLocal inflammationLymphoid tissueT cellsMurine skinCellular activationInflammationDermatitisThymosin β4SkinIELInfiltrationUnknown bioactivitiesGene expression