Phleum pratense pollen starch granules induce humoral and cell-mediated immune responses in a rat model of allergy

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 310-314

  Motta, A ^a,b   Peltre, G ^c   Dormans, J A M A ^a   Withagen, C E T ^a   Lacroix, G ^b   Bois, F ^b   Steerenberg, P A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Inst Natl l'Environnement I   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Starch granules; Timothy grass pollen

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; STARCH; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPH NODE CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHLEUM PRATENSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; BRONCHI; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; LYMPH NODES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHLEUM; POLLEN; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; STARCH;

EID: 1542345509     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2004.01872.x     Document Type: Article

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