Matrix metalloproteinase 12 is produced by M2 macrophages and plays important roles in the development of contact hypersensitivity - 11/05/15

Daiki Nakagomi, MD, PhD ^a, ∗

  These authors equally contributed to this work.

, Kotaro Suzuki, MD, PhD ^a, ∗

  These authors equally contributed to this work.

, Kazuyuki Meguro, MD ^a, Junichi Hosokawa, MD ^a, Tomohiro Tamachi, MD, PhD ^a, Hiroaki Takatori, MD, PhD ^a, Akira Suto, MD, PhD ^a, Hiroyuki Matsue, MD, PhD ^b, Osamu Ohara, PhD ^c, Toshinori Nakayama, MD, PhD ^{d, e}, Shinji Shimada, MD, PhD ^f, Hiroshi Nakajima, MD, PhD ^a

^a Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Chiba, Japan 

^b Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Chiba, Japan 

^c Department of Human Genome Research, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan 

^d Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba City, Chiba, Japan 

^e CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan 

^f Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamanashi University, Yamanashi, Japan