Title : Inhibition of allergic contact dermatitis to DNCB but not to oxazolone in interleukin-4-deficient mice.

Pub. Date : 1999 Apr

PMID : 10201532






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1 Interleukin-4 deficient BALB/C mice sensitized to 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene showed after challenge a significant reduction in magnitude and duration of the contact hypersensitivity response in comparison with wild-type mice. Dinitrochlorobenzene interleukin 4 Mus musculus
2 This indicates that the contact hypersensitivity response to 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene and Oxazolone may partly evolve on different pathways being dependent and independent of interleukin-4. Dinitrochlorobenzene interleukin 4 Mus musculus
3 Our results clearly show that the complete loss of endogenous interleukin-4 expression in BALB/C mice is associated with an impaired manifestation of contact hypersensitivity response to 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene, implying an important proinflammatory function of this cytokine. Dinitrochlorobenzene interleukin 4 Mus musculus