Modified Th2 responses at high-dose exposures to allergen: Using an occupational model

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-25

  Jeal, Hayley ^b   Draper, Adrian ^b   Harris, Jessica ^b   Taylor, Anthony Newman ^b   Cullinan, Paul ^b   Jones, Meinir ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

IgE; IgG; IgG4; Laboratory animal allergy; Occupational allergy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHARMACY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TH2 CELL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RATS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 33745448388     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200506-964OC     Document Type: Article

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