Immunotherapy with allergen peptides

Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 53-59

  Larché, Mark ^a,b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Circassia Ltd

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allergy; Epitope; IL 10; Immunological tolerance; Immunotherapy; Peptide; Regulatory T cell; T cell

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BEE VENOM; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROTEIN API M 1; PROTEIN FEL D 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEE STING; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PROVOCATION TEST; SANITATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VACCINATION;

EID: 34547868531     PISSN: 17101484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7480.2007.00004     Document Type: Article

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