Do immune responses to inhaled skin flakes modulate the expression of allergic disease?

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1199-1203

  Tovey, E R ^a,b,c   Kemp, A S ^c,d   Almqvist, C ^b,e   Sharland, A ^a   Marks, G B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergic disease; Asthma; Atopy; Dander; Immunoregulation; Innate; Skin flakes

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

AIR SAMPLING; ALLERGY; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DANDER; ECZEMA; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN FUNCTION; STRATUM CORNEUM;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INHALATION EXPOSURE; SKIN;

EID: 34447512755     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2007.02770.x     Document Type: Article

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