integument
• mice display reduced scratching frequency and duration in FITC- and/or DNFB-induced contact hypersensitivity (CHS)
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immune system
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• mice show no differences in the proportions of immune cells in the thymus, lymph nodes, spleen and bone marrow relative to wild-type controls and appear grossly normal under SPF conditions
• mice exhibit normal migration and maturation of skin dendritic cells and induction of hapten-specific T cells in the sensitization phase of FITC-induced contact hypersensitivity (CHS), and normal induction of local skin inflammation in the elicitation phase of FITC- and DNFB-induced CHS; after FITC challenge, serum levels of FITC-specific IgG subsets and total IgE show a similar increase relative to wild-type controls
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