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2008
Journal Article
Titel
Impact of boostering for the strength of asthma parameters and dendritic cell numbers in a C57BL/6 model of allergic airway inflammation
Abstract
Background: Murine models assist in elucidating the pathogenesis of allergic asthma and evaluation of new therapeutic strategies. We aimed to assess the requirement of boostering needed in the BL/6 murine asthma model and its influence on DC populations in lungs and bronchial lymph nodes. Methods and results: Two injections of OVA + alum - one sensitization and one booster - followed by two aerosol challenges were sufficient to induce a distinct asthma-like inflammation in BL/6 mice, including significant increased immunoglobutin (IgE) level, influx of eosinophils in the airway lumen, and evident histopathology. Using this protocol, CD11C(high)MHC-II+ DC counts in lungs and lymph nodes doubled with no changes of CD8(+) DC in the lungs but increase in lung-draining lymph nodes. Conclusions: Given the site-specific changes of dendritic cell (DC) subpopulations during allergic asthma we propose a distinct regulation of antigen transport and antigen presentation in the murine asthma model.