The specificity and regulation of T-cell responsiveness to allergens

Annual Review of Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 67-95

  O'Hehir, Robyn E ^a,b   Garman, Richard D ^c   Greenstein, Julia L ^c   Lamb, Jonathan R ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ImmuLogic Pharmaceutical Corporation   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Cytokines; HLA; Immunomodulation; T cells

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE;

ALLERGY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ALLERGENS; CYTOKINES; EPITOPES; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGENETICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0025832876     PISSN: 07320582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.iy.09.040191.000435     Document Type: Article

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