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Langerhans Cells Trap Tick Salivary Gland Antigens in Tick-Resistant Guinea Pigs¹

Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, and the United State Department of Health, Education and Welfare, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana 59840

Abstract

In the infested skin of tick-resistant guinea pigs, indirect immunofluorescence techniques have revealed that antigens from the ticks' salivary glands are associated with discrete dendritic cells in the epidermis. Evidence is presented to support the suggestion that these antigen-retaining cells are Langerhans cells.

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¹ This work was supported in part by a grant from the Medical Research Council of Canada (MA-5315).

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