Recombinant birch pollen allergens (rBet v 1 and rBet v 2) contain most of the IgE epitopes present in birch, alder, hornbeam, hazel, and oak pollen: A quantitative IgE inhibition study with sera from different populations

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 102, Issue 4 II, 1998, Pages 579-591

  Niederberger, Verena ^a   Pauli, Gabrielle ^b   Grönlund, Hans ^c   Fröschl, Renate ^a   Rumpold, Helmut ^a   Kraft, Dietrich ^d   Valenta, Rudolf ^d   Spitzauer, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c Pharmacia & Upjohn AB   (Sweden)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bet v 1; Cross reactivity; Immunoabsorption; Profilin (Bet v 2); Recombinant birch pollen allergens; Skin prick testing; Tree pollen allergy

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BET V 1; PROTEIN BET V 2; RECOMBINANT BET V 1; RECOMBINANT BET V 2; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SENSITIZATION; SEROLOGY; TREE;

EID: 0031794759     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(98)70273-8     Document Type: Article

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