Immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated cross-reactivity between mesquite pollen proteins and lima bean, an edible legume

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 517-524

  Dhyani, A ^a,b   Arora, N ^a   Jain, V K ^c   Sridhara, S ^a   Singh, B P ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c S P MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cross reactivity; Food allergy; Lima bean; Mesquite; Stripped basophil histamine release assay

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE PHOSPHATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; POLLEN EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEAN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS ALLERGY; CROSS REACTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEGUME; LIMA BEAN; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MESQUITE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPIS; RHINITIS; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHASEOLUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; PROSOPIS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 34547859643     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2007.03446.x     Document Type: Article

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