Immunological characterization of Asp f 2, a major allergen from Aspergillus fumigatus associated with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 5175-5182

  Banerjee, Banani ^a,b   Greenberger, Paul A ^c   Fink, Jordan N ^a,b   Kurup, Viswanath P ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032425403     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.11.5175-5182.1998     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Arruda, L. K., B. J. Mann, and M. D. Chapman. 1992. Selective expression of a major allergen and cytotoxin, Asp f I, in Aspergillus fumigatus. Implications for the immunopathogenesis of Aspergillus-related diseases. J. Immunol. 149:3354-3359.
2. Arruda, L. K., T. A. Platts-Mills, J. W. Fox, and M. D. Chapman. 1990. Aspergillus fumigatus allergen I, a major IgE binding protein, is a member of the mitogillin family of cytotoxins. J. Exp. Med. 172:1529-1532.
3. Banerjee, B., V. P. Kurup, P. A. Greenberger, D. R. Huffman, D. S. Nair, and J. N. Fink. 1997. Purification of a major allergen, Asp f 2 binding to IgE in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, from culture filtrate of Aspergillus fumigatus. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 99:821-827.
4. Banerjee, B., V. P. Kurup, S. Phadnis, P. A. Greenberger, and J. N. Fink. 1996. Molecular cloning and expression of a recombinant Aspergillus fumigatus protein AspfII with significant immunoglobulin E reactivity in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. J. Lab. Clin. Med. 127:253-262.
5. Bardana, E. J., Jr. 1981. The clinical spectrum of aspergillosis. Part 1. Epidemiology, pathogenicity, infection in animals and immunology of aspergillosis. Crit. Rev. Clin. Lab. Sci. 13:21-83.
6. Bardana, E. J., Jr. 1981. The clinical spectrum of aspergillosis. Part 2. Classification and description of saphorophytic, allergic and invasive variants of human disease. Crit. Rev. Clin. Lab. Sci. 13:85-159.
7. Basich, J. E., T. S. Graves, M. N. Baz, G. Scanlon, R. G. Hoffman, R. Patterson, and J. N. Fink. 1981. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in corticosteroid dependent asthmatics. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 68:98-102.
8. Bernstein, J. A., C. R. Zeiss, P. A. Greenberger, R. Patterson, J. F. Marhoul, and L. L. Smith. 1990. Immunoblot analysis of sera from patients with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: correlation with disease activity. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 86:532-539.
9. Bouchara, J. P., G. Tronchin, G. Larcher, and D. Chabasse. 1995. The search for virulence determinants in Aspergillus fumigatus. Trends Microbiol. 8:327-330.
10. Brummund, W., A. Resnick, J. N. Fink, and V. P. Kurup. 1987. Aspergillus fumigatus-specific antibodies in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and aspergilloma: evidence for a polyclonal antibody response. J. Clin. Microbiol. 25:5-9.