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JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY
Volume 128, Issue 9, Pages 2211-2218Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2008.84
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- Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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We have shown previously that specific ligands of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR gamma) inhibit the systemic allergic immune response. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of PPAR gamma-ligand treatment on the local allergic immune response. We established a murine model exhibiting clinical and histological features of AD-like skin lesions with high reproducibility. In this model, the PPAR gamma ligand was applied in an either preventive or therapeutic manner via systemic and local routes. The affected skin areas were assessed by standardized skin score, histological analyses, and immunohistochemical examinations. Our data show that systemic application of PPAR gamma ligand by a preventive protocol led to significantly reduced onset of eczematous skin lesions. This was confirmed by histology, showing decreased skin thickness accompanied by significantly reduced infiltrations of CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes but also mast cells. Additionally, early allergen-specific IgE and IgG1 responses were reduced (day 21/35), whereas IgG2a levels remained unchanged. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that PPAR7-ligand treatment inhibits not only systemic allergic immune response, but also local allergen-mediated dermatitis. Our findings point to therapeutic strategies, including a PPAR gamma-ligand-based treatment.
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