Allergological implication of the quaternary hexameric structure of the cockroach allergen Per a 3

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 539-548

  Bellinghausen, I ^a,b   Haringer B ^a   Lafargue, B ^a   Strand, D ^a   Konig B ^a   Decker, H ^a   Saloga, J ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Cockroach; Dendritic cells; Leukotriene release; Th1 Th2

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; LEUKOTRIENE; PER A 3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCKROACH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; HEMOLYMPH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 38849183986     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2007.02910.x     Document Type: Article

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