Comparison of purified Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus allergens and extract by two-dimensional immunoblotting and quantitative immunoglobulin E inhibitions

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1384-1391

  Weghofer, M ^a   Thomas, W R ^b   Pittner, G ^a   Horak, F ^a   Valenta, R ^a   Vrtala, S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergy diagnosis; House dust mite allergy; IgE inhibition; Recombinant allergen; Two dimensional immunoblotting

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; DER P ALLERGEN; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS ANTIGEN P 2; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; ANIMAL; BINDING COMPETITION; CHILD; DUST; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CHILD; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DUST; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MITES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 33644843658     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02345.x     Document Type: Article

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