- 著者
- Tohru Sakai Emi Shuto Tomoyo Taki Honami Imamura Miku Kioka Akiko Nakamoto Seiji Mizoguchi Shouko Amano Yukari Kawano Mariko Nakamoto Rie Tsutumi Toshio Hosaka
- 出版者
- The University of Tokushima Faculty of Medicine
- 雑誌
- The Journal of Medical Investigation (ISSN:13431420)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.59, no.1,2, pp.95-101, 2012 (Released:2012-03-08)
- 参考文献数
- 16
- 被引用文献数
- 1
NC/Nga (NC) mice are an animal model for human atopic dermatitis. We found that induction of antigen (Ag)-specific T cell response is diminished in ovalbumin (OVA)-immunized NC mice. Ability of Ag presentation in NC mouse dendritic cells (DCs) was significantly weaker than that in BALB/c and DBA/2 mouse DCs. Expression levels of MHC class II molecules and cathepsin E in NC mouse DCs were significantly lower that those in BALB/c and DBA/2 mouse DCs. These results indicate that low expression levels of MHC class II and cathepsin E might contribute to the defect in induction of Ag-specific T cells in NC mice. J. Med. Invest. 59: 95-101, February, 2012