Upon prolonged allergen exposure IL-4 and IL-4Rα knockout mice produce specific IgE leading to anaphylaxis

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 322-328

  Grunewald, Susanne M ^a   Teufel, Martin ^a   Erb, Klaus ^a   Nelde, Annette ^a   Mohrs, Markus ^b   Brombacher, Frank ^c   Bröcker, Eva B ^a   Sebald, Walter ^a   Duschl, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allergy; Anaphylaxis; IgE; IL 4; IL 4 receptor; In vivo animal models

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR ALPHA; OVALBUMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNIZATION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; METAPLASIA; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SENSITIZATION; SKIN ANAPHYLAXIS;

EID: 0035742649     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053833     Document Type: Article

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