BCG infection suppresses allergic sensitization and development of increased airway reactivity in an animal model

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 867-874

  Herz, Udo ^a   Gerhold, Kerstin ^a   Grüber, Christoph ^a   Braun, Armin ^a   Wahn, Ulrich ^a   Renz, Harald ^a   Paul, Karl ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway eosinophilia; Airway hyperresponsiveness; Allergic sensitization; Bacillus Calmette Guerin; T(H1) type immune response

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; OVALBUMIN;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BCG VACCINATION; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0031782864     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(98)70030-2     Document Type: Article

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