Evaluation of basophil activation in food allergy: Present and future applications

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 226-233

  Shreffler, Wayne G ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basophil; CD203c; CD63; Food allergy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CD63 ANTIGEN; FOOD ALLERGEN; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; LEUKOTRIENE C4; ENPP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; LYSOSOMAL PROTEIN GP53; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BASOPHIL; BASOPHIL ACTIVATION TEST; BIRCH; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL STIMULATION; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EX VIVO STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MILK ALLERGY; PHENOTYPE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSITIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; UPREGULATION; BLOOD; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TEST;

ANTIGENS, CD; BASOPHILS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33745565394     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.all.0000225165.83144.2f     Document Type: Review

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