Wheat lipid transfer protein is a major allergen associated with baker's asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1132-1138

  Palacin, Arantxa ^a   Quirce, Santiago ^b   Armentia, Alicia ^c   Fernández Nieto, Mar ^b   Pacios, Luis F ^d   Asensio, Teresa ^c   Sastre, Joaquin ^b   Diaz Perales, Araceli ^a   Salcedo, Gabriel ^a  

^a Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

^b Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

^d Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

3 dimensional modeling; Baker's asthma; cross reactivity; electrostatic potential; IgE epitopes; inhalant allergen; lipid transfer protein; wheat

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOUR; HUMAN; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHEAT;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, PLANT; ASTHMA; CARRIER PROTEINS; EPITOPES; FEMALE; FLOUR; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRITICUM;

EID: 35649013814     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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