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Evidence of the Nonimmune Regression of Chemically Induced Papillomas in Mouse Skin<xref ref-type="fn" rid="FN1">2</xref><xref ref-type="fn" rid="FN2">3</xref>
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ImmunodeficienciesImmunologyImmune RegulationPathologyNonimmune RegressionChemically Induced PapillomasDermatologyImmune SystemCompetent MiceExperimental DermatologyCell TransplantationSkin DevelopmentMedicineCutaneous BiologyHistopathologyHumoral ImmunityMore MechcnismsImmune FunctionMouse SkinDermatopathologyImmunomodulationInduced Skin PapillomasImmunosuppressionTransplant ImmunologyDermal StructureGraft Rejection
To determine the degree to which host immunity is responsible for papilloma regressionl 3-methylcholanthrene-treated allografts were placed on maximally immunodepressed recipients (thymectomy + 450 R radiation and weekly antithymocyte serum injections). Almost 80% of the papillomas on the allografts regressed. Cellular or humoral immune capacity in the recipient animals could not be detected by conventional means. Therefore, the regressions were probably the result of a nonimmunologic mechanism. The data showed that more papillomas regressed on multiples of 21 ± 4 days, from the day of grafting, than in the intervening periods. This clustering pattern of regressions was not observed in immunocompetent animals. In competent mice, two or more mechcnisms, one of which is immunity, may contribute to the regression of chemically induced skin papillomas.