Immunoglobulin-E-mediated reactivity to self antigens: A controversial issue

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-93

  Zeller, Sabine ^a   Glaser, Andreas G ^a   Vilhelmsson, Monica ^b   Rhyner, Claudio ^a   Crameri, Reto ^a  

^a SWISS INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA RESEARCH SIAF   (Switzerland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross reactivity; Immunoglobulin E autoreactivity; Molecular mimicry; Self antigens

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; B LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SELF ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; BINDING AFFINITY; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALLERGENS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CROSS REACTIONS; CYCLOPHILINS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EPITOPES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 38349172106     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000108133     Document Type: Review

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