Aspergillus and penicillium allergens: Focus on proteases

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 351-356

  Shen, Horng Der ^a   Tam, Ming F ^b   Tang, Ren Bin ^b   Chou, Hong ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY SERINE PROTEASE; OCCLUDIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRBORNE FUNGUS; ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN BINDING; ASPERGILLUS; BASOPHIL; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLADOSPORIUM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS REACTION; CURVULARIA; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENICILLIUM; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; RHODOTORULA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ASPERGILLUS; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MICE; PENICILLIUM; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 34548488729     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-007-0053-8     Document Type: Review

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