The T cell response to Art v 1, the major mugwort pollen allergen, is dominated by one epitope

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 169, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 6005-6011

  Jahn Schmid, Beatrice ^a   Kelemen, Peter ^a   Himly, Martin ^a   Bohle, Barbara ^a   Fischer, Gottfried ^a   Ferreira, Fatima ^a   Ebner, Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART V 1 ALLERGEN; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS EXTRACT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN; POLLEN ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGENICITY; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EPITOPE MAPPING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX RESTRICTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0037111233     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.10.6005     Document Type: Article

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