Isoforms of the major allergen of birch pollen induce different immune responses after genetic immunization

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-29

  Hartl, Arnulf ^b   Kiesslich, Jan ^b   Weiss, Richard ^b   Bernhaupt, Andrea ^b   Mostböck, Sven ^b   Scheiblhofer, Sandra ^b   Flöckner, Hannes ^b   Sippl, Manfred ^b   Ebner, Christof ^b   Ferreira, Fátima ^b   Thalhamer, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

BALB c; Bet v 1; Birch pollen allergen; DNA immunization; DNA immunotherapeutics; Immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CYTOKINE; CYTOSINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GUANINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 4; PLASMID DNA; POLLEN ANTIGEN; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; ISOMER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOKINES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; FEMALE; GENES, PLANT; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; POLLEN; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TREES;

EID: 0032832398     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024216     Document Type: Article

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