2006
Interleukin 5 Plays an Essential Role in Elicitation of Contact Sensitivity through Dual Effects on Eosinophils and B-1 Cells
Itakura A, Kikuchi Y, Kouro T, Ikutani M, Takaki S, Askenase PW, Takatsu K. Interleukin 5 Plays an Essential Role in Elicitation of Contact Sensitivity through Dual Effects on Eosinophils and B-1 Cells. International Archives Of Allergy And Immunology 2006, 140: 8-16. PMID: 16772721, DOI: 10.1159/000092705.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElicitation of CSIgM-producing cellsContact sensitivityEosinophil peroxidase activityEosinophil infiltrationIL-5Antigen-specific immunoglobulin M antibodyCS-effector T cellsEnzyme-linked immunospot assayLocal tissueEffector T cellsRole of interleukinImmunoglobulin M antibodiesIL-5 receptorImmunized ILImmunospot assayContact sensitizationM antibodiesMononuclear cellsDeficient micePolymorphonuclear cellsT cellsImmune responseCell activationInterleukin-5
1977
Studies on the role of the thymus and T cells in the in vivo suppression of delayed hypersensitivity (desensitization): radiosensitivity of the mechanism inducing nonspecific anergy.
Thestrup-Pedersen K, Dwyer J, Askenase P. Studies on the role of the thymus and T cells in the in vivo suppression of delayed hypersensitivity (desensitization): radiosensitivity of the mechanism inducing nonspecific anergy. The Journal Of Immunology 1977, 118: 1665-71. PMID: 300755, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.118.5.1665.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cellsDelayed hypersensitivitySuppression of delayed hypersensitivityDoses of whole-body irradiationNonspecific desensitizationMature T cellsWhole-body irradiationMono-nuclear cellsIn vivo suppressionThymic weightImmunoregulatory mechanismsPeripheral bloodRadiosensitive cellsAssociated with 1AnergySmall dosesDecreased responseGuinea pigsSkin sitesDesensitizationAntigenDesensitized stateConcanavalin AHypersensitivityCells