Genetic defects in downregulation of IgE production and a new genetic classification of atopy

Allergology International

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 77-85

  Kondo, Naomi ^a   Matsui, Eiko ^a   Kaneko, Hideo ^a   Kato, Zenichiro ^a   Fukao, Toshiyuki ^a   Teramoto, Takahide ^a   Shikano, Hiroaki ^a   Aoki, Minako ^a   Onishi, Hidenori ^a   Tatebayashi, Koji ^a   Omoya, Kentaro ^a   Kondo, Masashi ^a   Matsukuma, Eiji ^a   Kasahara, Kimiko ^a   Morimoto, Naoko ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopy; IgE production downregulation; Interferon ; Interleukin 12 receptor 2; Interleukin 18 receptor

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR BETA2; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 18 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 18 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALPHA CHAIN; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BETA CHAIN; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOWN REGULATION; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INFANT; MALE; MEDIATOR RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TARGET ORGAN; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 3142557814     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1592.2004.00326.x     Document Type: Review

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