Lactoferrin, a glycoprotein with immunomodulatory and mast cell stabilising properties, in skin of horses suffering from Culicoides hypersensitivity

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-170

  Kolm, Gabriela ^a   Knapp, Elzbieta ^a   Wagner, Regina ^b   Klein, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b LABOKLIN GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Horse; Insect; PCR; Skin

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BETA ACTIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTOFERRIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULICOIDES HYPERSENSITIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORSE DISEASE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROVOCATION TEST; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN BIOPSY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; LACTOFERRIN; MAST CELLS; SKIN DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; EQUIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34347207612     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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