... spontaneously, some act as prohaptens
and may need activation,e.g ., by light- or enzyme-in-
duced metabolic conversion,or oxidation [14].A pro-
totype prohapten is p- phenylenediamine, which
needs to ... with naive T lymphocytes, recogniz-
ing altered self [4 8, 7 1, 72].
í Professional antigen-presenting cells of the
epidermis, called Langerhans cells, take up
penetrated allergens...