Intrinsic properties of allergens and environmental exposure as determinants of allergenicity

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 673-679

  Pomes A ^a  

^a INDOOR Biotechnologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINOID; ALLERGEN; APOLIPOPROTEIN D; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; CD23 ANTIGEN; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOLOGIC AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; LECTIN; LIPOCALIN; PHEROMONE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; RETINOID; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; STEFIN A; STEFIN B; STEROID; TROPOMYOSIN;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; BASOPHIL; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CAT; COCKROACH; DANDER; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAIR; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAST CELL; MITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; SALIVA; SENSITIZATION; SIDE EFFECT; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH2 CELL;

ALLERGENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0036330905     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2002.02160.x     Document Type: Review

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