Chemical allergen

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One characteristic of a chemical allergen is its ability to react with proteins prior to the induction of skin sensitization.
What limited evidence there is indicates that the formulation in which a chemical allergen is encountered on the skin can have a marked impact upon the induction of cutaneous immune responses and the subsequent development of contact sensitization.
A chemical allergen is a chemical substance that produces an allergic reaction.
The vehicle in which the chemical allergen is applied on the skin is another important modulator of the response elicited.
When susceptible individuals are exposed to a chemical allergen, those lymphocytes that are able to recognize it as a foreign substance divide and increase in number.
Following topical exposure of a susceptible individual to a chemical allergen, a T-lymphocyte response is induced in the draining lymph nodes.
Kimber (2004) has also defined sensitization as stimulation by chemical allergen (in an inherently susceptible individual) of an immune response of the quality and vigor required to permit the provocation of an elicitation reaction upon subsequent encounter with the same chemical.
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The sensitizing chemical is detected by Langerhans cells, which migrate to regional Latex Sensitivity - 1 - Page 2 lymph nodes and cause the production of specialized T cells that recognize the chemical allergen.

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