Isoforms of atopic allergens with reduced allergenicity but conserved t cell antigenicity: Possible use for specific immunotherapy

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 125-127

  Ferreira, Fátima ^b   Hirthenlehner, Kora ^a   Briza, Peter ^b   Breiteneder, Heimo ^a   Scheiner, Otto ^a   Kraft, Dieter ^a   Breitenbach, Michael ^b   Ebner, Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bet v 1; Epitope; IgE; Isoform; T lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ISOPROTEIN;

ALLERGENICITY; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; POLLEN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; URTICARIA;

ALLERGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PLANT PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030965420     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237524     Document Type: Article

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