Studies on the mechanisms of allergen-induced activation of the classical and lectin pathways of complement

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 839-846

  Varga, Lilian ^a   Szilágyi, Katalin ^b   Lõrincz, Zsolt ^b   Berrens, Lubertus ^c   Thiel, Steffen ^d   Závodszky, Peter ^b   Daha, Mohamed R ^e   Thielens, Nicole M ^f   Arlaud, Gerard J ^f   Nagy, Kálmán ^g   Späth, Peter ^h   Füst, George ^a,b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c CBF LETI SA   (Spain)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^g Borsod County Teaching Hospital   (Hungary)

^h Central Laboratory in Bern   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allergy; Antibodies; Complement; Human

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LECTIN; MANNAN; MANNAN BINDING LECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACARI; ASTIGMATA; PARIETARIA; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 0346665545     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(03)00023-3     Document Type: Article

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