Intranasal sensitization with Blomia tropicalis antigens induces allergic responses in mice characterized by elevated antigen-specific and non-specific serum IgE and peripheral blood eosinophil counts

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Takeda, Fumiko ^a   Arakawa, Takeshi ^a   Toma, Hiromu ^a   Ishii, Akira ^b   Sato, Yoshiya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blomia tropicalis; Intranasal sensitization; Mite; Mucosal adjuvant

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CHOLERA TOXIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 1542515018     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652004000100001     Document Type: Article

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