Characterization of exposure to low levels of viable Penicillium chrysogenum conidia and allergic sensitization induced by a protease allergen extract from viable P. chrysogenum conidia in mice

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 200-208

  Schwab, Christopher J ^a   Cooley, J Danny ^a   Brasel, Trevor ^a   Jumper, Cynthia A ^b   Graham, Suzanne C ^b   Straus, David C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Conidia; Eosinophils; IgE; IgG1; Mold; Murine model; Penicillium chrysogenum; Sick building syndrome

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME RELEASE; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MOUSE; MUCOUS CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

EID: 0037242230     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069519     Document Type: Article

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