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For many years, contact sensitivity has served as a very useful model for defining constituents of the skin immune system and for understanding the dynamics of the afferent and efferent limbs of various forms of delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions. A precise understanding of the mechanisms involved in these types of reactions would provide a more sound basis for modulating certain types of immunological, inflammatory, infectious and neoplastic diseases.
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Katz, S.I., Aiba, S., Cavani, A., Enk, A.H. (1995). Early Events in Contact Sensitivity. In: Banchereau, J., Schmitt, D. (eds) Dendritic Cells in Fundamental and Clinical Immunology. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 378. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1971-3_112
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