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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-2-12
pubmed:abstractText
Many if not most epidermal Langerhans cells appeared to be closely associated anatomically with calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-containing nerves as determined by confocal laser scanning microscopy. Furthermore, a small proportion of Langerhans cells had immunoreactive CGRP at or near their cell surfaces, suggesting that nerves are capable of depositing CGRP at or near Langerhans cells. CGRP inhibited Langerhans cell antigen-presenting capability for elicitation of delayed-type hypersensitivity in immunized mice to present alloantigens in the mixed epidermal cell-lymphocyte reaction and to present a protein antigen to a responsive hybridoma. As a whole, these data suggest the possibility that products of nerves within the epidermis might serve to regulate Langerhans cell function. The apparent apposition of epidermal nerves with Langerhans cells suggests a possible locus of interaction between the nervous system and the immune system within the skin.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0091-6749
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
96
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1178-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Modulation of Langerhans cell function by epidermal nerves.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't