A human-SCID mouse model for allergic immune responses: Bacterial superantigen enhances skin inflammation and suppresses IgE production

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 224-231

  Herz, Udo ^a   Schnoy, Norbert ^a   Borelli, Siegfried ^b   Weigl, Lorenz ^b   Käsbohrer, Ulrich ^b   Daser, Angelika ^a   Wahn, Ulrich ^a   Köttgen, Eckart ^a   Renz, Harald ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Clin for Dermatol and Allerg   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; House dust mite allergen; SEB

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; SUPERANTIGEN;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCID MOUSE; SKIN INFLAMMATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0031952868     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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