The Anagen Hair Cycle Induces Systemic Immunosuppression of Contact Hypersensitivity in Mice

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1994 • 491 citations

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1926 • 434 citations

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1968 • 379 citations

Proopiomelanocortin-derived peptides are synthesized and released by human keratinocytes.

1994 • 341 citations

Telogen skin contains an inhibitor of hair growth

1990 • 235 citations

Induction of hapten-specific tolerance by interleukin 10 in vivo.

1994 • 232 citations

IL-10 inhibits cytokine production, vascular leakage, and swelling during T helper 1 cell-induced delayed-type hypersensitivity.

1994 • 198 citations

Is alopecia areata an autoimmune-response against melanogenesis-related proteins, exposed by abnormal MHC class I expression in the anagen hair bulb?

1993 • 197 citations

cis-urocanic acid suppression of contact hypersensitivity induction is mediated via tumor necrosis factor-alpha.

1992 • 196 citations

Diseases of the Hair and Scalp

1991 • 191 citations

Transcription and Expression of Transforming Growth Factor Type Beta in the Skin of Progressive Systemic Sclerosis: A Mediator of Fibrosis?

1990 • 177 citations

Induction and regulation of contact hypersensitivity by resident, bone marrow-derived, dendritic epidermal cells: Langerhans cells and Thy-1+ epidermal cells.

1986 • 174 citations

Chemotherapy-induced alopecia in mice. Induction by cyclophosphamide, inhibition by cyclosporine A, and modulation by dexamethasone.

1994 • 166 citations

Detection of proopiomelanocortin-derived antigens in normal and pathologic human skin.

1993 • 160 citations

Dissection of antigenic and irritative effects of epicutaneously applied haptens in mice. Evidence that not the antigenic component but nonspecific proinflammatory effects of haptens determine the concentration-dependent elicitation of allergic contact dermatitis.

1996 • 155 citations

Differential Expression and Activity of Melanogenesis-Related Proteins During Induced Hair Growth in Mice

1991 • 149 citations

Mast Cell Involvement in Murine Hair Growth

1994 • 142 citations

Immune Privilege in Hair Growth

1991 • 131 citations

Growth and differentiation of hair follicles between periods of activity and quiescence

1961 • 118 citations

Diseases of the Hair and Scalp

1998 • 118 citations

Proopiomelanocortin expression in the skin during induced hair growth in mice

1992 • 118 citations

Immune mechanisms in cutaneous disease

1990 • 117 citations

Cutaneous Dermal Ia+ Cells Are Capable of Initiating Delayed Type Hypersensitivity Responses

1990 • 90 citations

Distribution and changing density of gamma-delta T cells in murine skin during the induced hair cycle

1994 • 90 citations

In Vivo Administration of Interleukin 1 to Normal Mice Depresses Their Capacity to Elicit Contact Hypersensitivity Responses: Prostaglandins Are Involved in This Modification of Immune Function

1987 • 87 citations

Expression of classical and non-classical MHC class I antigens in murine hair follicles

2006 • 84 citations

Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Suppresses Contact Hypersensitivity

1995 • 83 citations

Alpha-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone Modulates Contact Hypersensitivity Responsiveness in C57/BL6 Mice

1989 • 82 citations

Glucocorticoid Effect on Hair Growth Initiation: A Reconsideration

1993 • 78 citations

Mast cells as modulators of hair follicle cycling

1995 • 66 citations

Dynamics of Merkel Cell Patterns in Developing Hair Follicles in the Dorsal Skin of Mice, Demonstrated by a Monoclonal Antibody to Mouse Keratin 8

1995 • 64 citations

Effect of gene-targeted mutation in TNF receptor (p55) on contact hypersensitivity and ultraviolet B-induced immunosuppression.

1995 • 55 citations

Immune mechanisms in cutaneous disease

1990 • 50 citations

Immunosuppressive Effects of Transforming Growth Factor β: Inhibition of the Induction of Ia Antigen on Langerhans Cells by Cytokines and the Contact Hypersensitivity Response

1990 • 48 citations

Ratio of Langerhans Cells to Thy-1+ Dendritic Epidermal Cells in Murine Epidermis Influences the Intensity of Contact Hypersensitivity

1987 • 47 citations

Murine Thy-1+ dendritic epidermal cells induce immunologic tolerance in vivo.

1990 • 45 citations

Dendritic Epidermal T Cells: Lessons from Mice for Humans

1993 • 43 citations

A new method for double immunolabelling with primary antibodies from identical species

1996 • 40 citations

Immunology of the Hair Follicle

1991 • 40 citations

Hair Cycle-Dependent Changes in Skin Immune Functions: Anagen-Associated Depression of Sensitization for Contact Hypersensitivity in Mice

1996 • 40 citations

The psoriatic epidermal lesion and anagen hair growth may share the same "switch-on" mechanism.

1988 • 35 citations

Characterization of a Specific 20- to 25-kD Interleukin-1 Inhibitor from Cultured Human Lung Macrophages

1990 • 34 citations

Hair growth control by immunosuppression

1996 • 34 citations

Mechanisms of contact photosensitivity in mice. IV. Antigen-specific suppressor T cells induced by preirradiation of photosensitizing site to UVB.

1984 • 33 citations

Hair cycle-dependent changes in mast cell histochemistry in murine skin

1995 • 25 citations

Expression of transforming growth factor beta isoforms and their receptors during hair growth phases in mice.

1996 • 22 citations

Contact hypersensitivity

1988 • 20 citations

Spontaneous Hair Follicle Cycling May Influence the Development of Murine Contact Photosensitivity by Modulating Keratinocyte Cytokine Production

1997 • 13 citations

Increased number of dendritic epidermal T cells associated with induced anagen phase of hair cycles

1994 • 11 citations

Hair cycle-associated changes in splenocyte proliferation.

1997 • 9 citations