Blood eosinophils from atopic donors express messenger RNA for the α, β, and γ subunits of the high-affinity IgE receptor (FcεRI) and intracellular, but not cell surface, α subunit protein

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 105, Issue 2 II, 2000, Pages 309-317

  Smith, Susan J ^a   Ying, Sun ^a   Meng, Qui ^a   Sullivan, Mark H F ^a   Barkans, Julia ^a   Kon, Onn Min ^a   Sihra, Bhupinder ^a   Larché, Mark ^a   Levi Schaffer, Francesca ^b   Kay, A Barry ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allergy; Atopy; Eosinophils; High affinity IgE receptor (Fc RI)

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ARTICLE; ATOPY; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RNA ANALYSIS;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SEPARATION; EOSINOPHILS; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, IGE; RNA, MESSENGER; SAPONINS;

EID: 0033952492     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(00)90081-2     Document Type: Article

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