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Mast Cells Have a Pivotal Role in TNF-Independent Lymph Node Hypertrophy and the Mobilization of Langerhans Cells in Response to Bacterial Peptidoglycan by Jawdat, Dunia M, Rowden, Geoffrey, Marshall, Jean S

“…Peptidoglycan (PGN) from Gram-positive bacteria, activates multiple immune effector cells. PGN-induced lymph node (LN) hypertrophy and dendritic cell…”
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IgE-Mediated Mast Cell Activation Induces Langerhans Cell Migration In Vivo by Jawdat, Dunia M, Albert, Eric J, Rowden, Geoffrey, Haidl, Ian D, Marshall, Jean S

“…Langerhans cells and mast cells are both resident in large numbers in the skin and act as sentinel cells in host defense. The ability of mast cells to induce…”
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Cutting Edge: The Dendritic Cell Cytoskeleton Is Critical for the Formation of the Immunological Synapse by Al-Alwan, Monther M, Rowden, Geoffrey, Lee, Timothy D. G, West, Kenneth A

“…Abstract The binding of a T cell to an APC results in T cell actin cytoskeletal rearrangement leading to the formation of an immunological synapse. The APC…”
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Cutting Edge: Dendritic Cell Actin Cytoskeletal Polarization during Immunological Synapse Formation Is Highly Antigen-Dependent by Al-Alwan, Monther M, Liwski, Robert S, Haeryfar, S. M. Mansour, Baldridge, William H, Hoskin, David W, Rowden, Geoffrey, West, Kenneth A

“…Dendritic cells (DC) actively rearrange their actin cytoskeleton to participate in formation of the immunological synapse (IS). In this study, we evaluated the…”
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Fascin Is Involved in the Antigen Presentation Activity of Mature Dendritic Cells by Al-Alwan, Monther M, Rowden, Geoffrey, Lee, Timothy D. G, West, Kenneth A

“…Maturation of dendritic cells (DC) is critical to their development into potent APCs. Upon maturation, DC up-regulate the expression of MHC class II as well as…”
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Cytokine induction of a human acute myelogenous leukemia cell line (KG-1) to a CD1a+ dendritic cell phenotype by HULETTE, Ben C, ROWDEN, Geoffrey, RYAN, Cindy A, LAWSON, Cathy M, DAWES, Susan M, RIDDER, Gregg M, GERBERICK, G. Frank

“…Dendritic cells (DC) are highly specialized antigen-presenting cells located in many nonlymphoid tissues, and Langerhans cells (LC), a specialized form of DC,…”
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The distribution of Merkel cells in human fetal and adult skin by Boot, P M, Rowden, G, Walsh, N

“…Merkel cells (MCs) have been a subject of investigation in human and animal studies for over a century, but their origin, function(s), and exact distribution…”
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Islet Allograft Rejection in Rats: a Time Course Study Characterizing Adhesion Molecule Expression, Mhc Expression, and Infiltrate Immunophenotypes by Douglas A. Coddington, Hua Yang, Geoffrey Rowden, Pat Colp, Thomas B. Issekutz, R. Wright James M.D., Ph.D.

“…Wistar Furth (RT1 u ) islets transplanted under the renal capsules of streptozotocin-diabetic Lewis (RT1 l ) rats reject after 5–6 days of normoglycemia…”
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Cannabinoid receptor 1 inhibition improves the intestinal microcirculation in experimental endotoxemia by Kianian, Mandana, Kelly, Melanie E M, Zhou, Juan, Hung, Orlando, Cerny, Vladimir, Rowden, Geoffrey, Lehmann, Christian

“…Impairment of the intestinal microcirculation in endotoxemia may cause a deterioration of the mucosal barrier function thus releasing intraluminal bacteria and…”
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Granular cell tumor: a clinicopathologic study of 110 patients by Lack, E E, Worsham, G F, Callihan, M D, Crawford, B E, Klappenbach, S, Rowden, G, Chun, B

“…The clinicopathologic features of 118 granular cell tumors (GCT) encountered at two affiliated hospitals were reviewed. A total of 110 patients were affected…”
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Migration of Macrophage-Like Cells within Encapsulated Islets of Langerhans Maintained in Tissue Culture by Robert B. Fraser, Malcolm A. Macaulay, James R. Wright, Anthony M. Sun, Geoffrey Rowden

“…Islets of Langerhans isolated from the pancreas and encapsulated in alginate-polylysine-alginate microspheres can potentially serve as a self-regulating supply…”
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Quantitative HLA-G expression in metastasising and non-metastasising primary thin cutaneous melanomas by Bezuhly, Michael, Howlett, Andrew, Colp, Patricia, Conrad, David M, Walsh, Noreen, Rowden, Geoffrey, Morris, Steven F, Langley, Richard G

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Evidence for atrophy and apoptosis in the prostates of men given finasteride by Rittmaster, R S, Norman, R W, Thomas, L N, Rowden, G

“…Finasteride, a 5 alpha-reductase inhibitor, decreases prostate size and improves symptoms in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia. However, little is known…”
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Prolonged costimulation is required for naive T cell activation by Liwski, Robert S., Chase, Jennifer C., Baldridge, William H., Sadek, Irene, Rowden, Geoffrey, West, Kenneth A.

“…Costimulation by members of the B7 family of molecules is critical for the activation of naive CD4 + T cells. While prolonged TCR signaling is necessary for T…”
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L-arginine inhibits apoptosis via a NO-dependent mechanism in Nb2 lymphoma cells by Dodd, Faith, Limoges, Mireille, Boudreau, Robert T.M., Rowden, Geoffrey, Murphy, Paul R., Too, Catherine K.L.

“…Prolactin (PRL) inhibits apoptosis and stimulates proliferation of the PRL‐dependent rat Nb2 lymphoma cell line by divergent signaling pathways. Nitric oxide…”
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The relationship of mast cells and their secreted products to the volume of fibrosis in posttransplant hearts by Li, Q Y, Raza-Ahmad, A, MacAulay, M A, Lalonde, L D, Rowden, G, Trethewey, E, Dean, S

“…A series of 96 posttransplant endomyocardial biopsies taken from 11 patients was subjected to quantitative analysis of mast cells and fibrosis. Ultrastructural…”
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Drug-metabolizing enzymes in rat liver myofibroblasts by Peterson, Theresa C., Rowden, Geoffrey

“…The myofibroblast is considered to be a key component in the pathogenesis of hepatic fibrosis. There is a need for therapeutic intervention in hepatic…”
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Expression of Ia Antigens on Langerhans Cells in Mice, Guinea Pigs, and Man by Rowden, Geoffrey

“…In all mammalian species so far examined, Langerhans cells or their precursors are the only epidermal cells expressing Ia antigens or their equivalents. In…”
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Macrophages, but Not Langerhans Cell-like Cells of Dendritic Lineage, Express the CD36 Molecule in Normal Human Dermis: Relevance to Downregulatory Cutaneous Immune Responses? by Lonati, Antonietta, Mommaas, Mieke A., Pasolini, Giorgio, Lavazza, Antonio, Rowden, Geoffrey, De Panfilis, Guiseppe

“…The CD36 molecule has been shown to be associated with subsets of peripheral blood monocyte/macrophages and, in cells isolated from either ultraviolet…”
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