T cell epitopes in Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) pollen allergens: Choice of major T cell epitopes in Cry j 1 and Cry j 2 toward design of the peptide-based immunotherapeutics for the management of Japanese cedar pollinosis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 448-457

  Sone, Toshio ^a,b   Morikubo, Keiko ^a   Miyahara, Michinori ^a   Komiyama, Naoki ^a   Shimizu, Kimiko ^a   Tsunoo, Hajime ^a   Kino, Kohsuke ^a  

^a Meiji Institute of Health Science   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; EPITOPE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITOPE MAPPING; EXTRACT; FEMALE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; CELL LINE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TREES;

EID: 0031858525     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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