Epitope analysis of birch pollen allergen in Japanese subjects

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 485-493

  Abe, Yusuke ^a   Kimura, Shoji ^a   Kokubo, Taku ^a   Mizumoto, Keiko ^a   Uehara, Motoharu ^a   Katagiri, Makoto ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bet V1; Birch pollinosis; HLA; T cell epitope

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; HLA DQ ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HELPER CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NOSE ALLERGY; PHENOTYPE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN TEST; SUPPRESSOR CELL;

ALLERGENS; CELL LINE; CLONE CELLS; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; TREES;

EID: 0031439750     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027323811296     Document Type: Article

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