Fruit-pollen-latex cross-reactivity: Implication of profilin (Bet v 2)

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 951-961

  Diez Gomez M L ^a   Quirce, S ^b,d   Cuevas, M ^a   Sanchez Fernandez C ^a   Baz, G ^a   Moradiellos, F J ^a   Martinez A ^c  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b Servicios de Alergia   (Spain)

^c Research and Development Department   (Spain)

^d Servicio de Alcrgia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross allergenicity; Fruit allergy; Latex; Pollinosis; Profilin; Recombinant allergens

Indexed keywords

BROMELAIN; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; PAPAIN; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PROFILIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPES; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FRUIT; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; POLLEN; PROFILINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SKIN TESTS; TREES;

EID: 0000160975     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.1999.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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