| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2499812 | Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology | 2008 | 10 Pages |
BackgroundMurine 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 resultsTwo 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 immunoglobulin (IgE) level, influx of eosinophils in the airway lumen, and evident histopathology. Using this protocol, CD11chighMHC-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.ConclusionsGiven 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.
