Furthermore, in an in vitro co-culture system, CD1a-transfected antigen-presenting cells (K562 cells) pulsed with urushiol activate the production of IL-17 and IL-22 by CD4+ T cells isolated from blood of patients with ACD caused by poison ivy (N = 6), suggesting an important role of LCs in CD4+ T cell response to urushiol (differentiation into Th17 and Th22 cells) in a CD1a-restricted manner [41]. Here, CD1A is linked to granular corneal dystrophy type II.