Selected recombinant Aspergillus fumigatus allergens bind specifically to IgE in ABPA

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 988-993

  Kurup, V P ^a,b   Banerjee, B ^a,b   Hemmann, S ^c   Greenberger, P A ^d   Blaser, K ^d   Crameri, R ^d  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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

^c SWISS INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA RESEARCH SIAF   (Switzerland)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic asthma; Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; ELISA; Recombinant Aspergillus allergens; Specific IgE

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LUNG DISEASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN TEST; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

ALLERGENS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0033918117     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2000.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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