Characterization of immunoglobulin E responses in Balb/c mice against the major allergens of timothy grass (Phleum pratense) pollen

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 669-675

  Seitzer, U ^a   Bussler, H ^b   Kullmann, B ^a   Petersen, A ^a   Becker, W M ^a   Ahmed, Jabbar ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^b VACCINEX INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergen; IgE; Mouse model; Phleum pratense; Skin test; Timothy grass

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; GRASS POLLEN EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN TEST;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHLEUM; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN;

EID: 0037565308     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01630.x     Document Type: Article

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