Conversion of the major birch pollen allergen, Bet v 1, into two nonanaphylactic T cell epitope-containing fragments. Candidates for a novel form of specific immunotherapy

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1673-1681

  Vrtala, Susanne ^a   Hirtenlehner, Kora ^a   Vangelista, Luca ^b   Pastore, Annalisa ^b   Eichler, Hans Georg ^a   Sperr, Wolfgang R ^a   Valent, Peter ^a   Ebner, Christof ^a   Kraft, Dietrich ^a   Valenta, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bet v 1; histamine release; major birch pollen allergen; recombinant allergen fragments; skin testing

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ALLERGENICITY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FOOD ALLERGY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAST CELL; MEDIATOR RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0030937231     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119330     Document Type: Article

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