Focus on cat allergen (Fel d 1): Immunological and aerodynamic characteristics, modality of airway sensitization and avoidance strategies

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-12

  Liccardi, Gennaro ^a   D'Amato, Gennaro ^a,c   Russo, Maria ^a   Canonica, Giorgio Walter ^b   D'Amato, Luciana ^a   De Martino, Mariano ^a   Passalacqua, Giovanni ^b  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Cat allergen; Fel d 1; Indoor environment; Pet; Prevention; Respiratory allergy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALLERGEN; CD64 ANTIGEN; CYSTATIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 5; PROTEIN FEL D 1; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBIENT AIR; ANTIGEN BINDING; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CASTRATION; CAT; CLOTHING; CROSS REACTION; DANDER; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INHALATION; MITE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIANAL GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RESERVOIR; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SALIVARY GLAND; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SENSITIZATION; SKIN; THERMOSTABILITY;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BEDDING AND LINENS; CATS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; VENTILATION;

EID: 0141993340     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073259     Document Type: Review

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