The peanut allergy epidemic: Allergen molecular characterisation and prospects for specific therapy

Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-18

  de Leon, Maria P ^a   Rolland, Jennifer M ^a   O'Hehir, Robyn E ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; EPITOPE; FOOD ALLERGEN; FOOD ALLERGY HERBAL FORMULA 1; HAZELNUT EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 12; MESSENGER RNA; OMALIZUMAB; PEANUT EXTRACT; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN ARA H 1; PROTEIN ARA H 2; PROTEIN ARA H 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VICILIN;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIGEN BINDING; B LYMPHOCYTE; BINDING SITE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS REACTION; DESENSITIZATION; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG FATALITY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HAZELNUT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUT ALLERGY; PEANUT ALLERGY; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TACHYPHYLAXIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALLERGENS; CROSS REACTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY;

ARA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 33846042229     PISSN: 14623994     EISSN: 14623994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1462399407000208     Document Type: Review

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