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Query: UMLS:C0042109 (urticaria)
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Human keratinocytes are able to synthesize and express cell surface moieties characteristic of effector and/or accessory cells of the immune system (CD16, CD36, HLA-DR, intercellular adhesion molecule-1). In the present study, skin biopsies from healthy volunteers, from patients with psoriasis vulgaris (PV), mycosis fungoides (MF), purpura pigmentosa chronica (PPC), acute urticaria (AU) and from positive tuberculin skin tests were investigated with regard to the reactivity with the monoclonal antibodies to complement receptors CR1 CR2 and CR3 by means of a multistep immunoperoxidase method. In the clinically involved skin of all patients with PV, MF or PPC, and in biopsies obtained from positive tuberculin tests, specific epidermal intercellular staining with OKB7 and Leu anti-CR2 was seen on subcorneal keratinocytes. This finding suggests a differentiation-linked expression of CR2 on human keratinocytes in cytokine-mediated skin diseases whereas CR1 and CR3 are apparently not expressed.
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PMID:Expression of complement receptor CR2 (CD21) on human subcorneal keratinocytes in normal and diseased skin. 183 41

The expression of the CD36 (OKM5) antigen was studied with the PAP technique on sections of skin from healthy subjects and of normal and diseased skin from patients with various skin diseases. In specimens from healthy subjects the antigen was found on vascular and perivascular structures and in some cases it was seen on cells of the acrosyringium. A net-like pattern of CD36 was observed in the upper part of the stratum spinosum in skin lesions of patients with psoriasis, lichen planus, pityriasis rosea, morbilliform drug reactions, necrobiosis lipoidica, lichen amyloidosus, Darier's disease and ichthyosis vulgaris. Expression of CD36 was also seen in the nonlesional skin just below the granular layer in 3 of 5 patients with factitial urticaria with immediate dermographism, but not in delayed dermographism or chronic urticaria. In ichthyosis vulgaris CD36 was also expressed in dendritic cells of the basal layer and in a patient with a graft versus host reaction it was recognized both on scattered keratinocytes and on dendritic cells in the epidermis. The role of the expression of the CD36 antigen in the skin is unknown. The activated cells might possibly serve as antigen-presenting cells and/or have a modulatory influence on an inflammatory reaction.
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PMID:Expression of CD36 (OKM5) antigen on epidermal cells in normal and diseased skin. 257 5

The results of several investigations proved that, in special circumstances, human keratinocytes (HKs) synthesize and express cell surface moieties characteristic of effector and/or accessory cells of the immune system, such as CD16, CD36, HLA-DR, and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (CD54), which are all detectable on the surfaces of macrophages. In the present study, skin biopsies from healthy volunteers, from positive tuberculin skin tests, and from patients with acute urticaria (AU), lichen planus (LP), psoriasis vulgaris (PV), mycosis fungoides (MF), and purpura pigmentosa chronica (PPC) were investigated by means of a multistep immunoperoxidase method to examine the reactivity of the HKs with a panel of monoclonal antibodies (MABs) characteristic of monocyte/macrophage cell lines. In biopsies obtained from positive tuberculin tests and from clinically involved skin of patients with LP, PV, MF, or PPC, a multifocal, positive peroxidase reaction was observed on the membranes of HKs of the basal and suprabasal cell layers when the MABs OKM13 (CD13), OKM14 (CD14), and Dako-Macrophage (CD68) were used. In contrast, specific staining of the HKs was not observed with the same antibodies in the biopsies of healthy volunteers or of patients with AU or in the uninvolved skin specimens obtained from the other patients. The HKs of PV, LP, MF, PPC, and AU patients and those of the healthy subjects all failed to give positive reactions when MABs against CD11b, CD15, or CD33 were used. The published data supplement the known surface characteristics of HKs, reflecting their stage of activation and differentiation.
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PMID:Expression of monocyte/macrophage markers (CD13, CD14, CD68) on human keratinocytes in healthy and diseased skin. 768 77