Suppression of antigen-specific T- and B-cell responses by intranasal or oral administration of recombinant Bet v 1, the major birch pollen allergen, in a murine model of type I allergy

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1202-1210

  Wiedermann, Ursula ^a   Jahn Schmid, Beatrice ^a,b   Bohle, Barbara ^a   Repa, Andreas ^a   Renz, Harald ^c   Kraft, Dietrich ^a   Ebner, Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; BALB c; Bet v 1; Birch pollen; In vivo animal model; Tolerance suppression

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; POLLEN ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT BET V 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SIMULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 0032836876     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(99)70200-9     Document Type: Article

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