(1→3)-β-D-glucan may contribute to pollen sensitivity

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 383-384

  Rylander, Ragnar ^b   Fogelmark, B ^b   McWilliam, A ^a   Currie, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Box 414 ^*

Author keywords

(1 3) D glucan; Airways inflammation; Inflammation; Pollen allergy

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN; POLLEN EXTRACT; ALLERGEN; AUTACOID; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BETA GLUCAN; BETA-1,3-GLUCAN;

ALLERGENICITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; POLLEN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALLERGENS; BETA-GLUCANS; GLUCANS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; PLANTS; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033090108     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1999.00829.x     Document Type: Article

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