Oral tolerance, food allergy, and immunotherapy: Implications for future treatment

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1344-1350

  Burks, A Wesley ^a   Laubach, Susan ^a   Jones, Stacie M ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

clonal anergy; food allergy; food hypersensitivity; forkhead box P3 protein; Immune tolerance; immunotherapy; oral immunotherapy; sublingual immunotherapy; T cells; TGF

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIGEN; EGG PROTEIN; MILK PROTEIN; PEANUT PROTEIN; PLACEBO;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENDRITIC CELL; DESENSITIZATION; EGG ALLERGY; FOOD ALLERGY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MILK ALLERGY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE;

EID: 44649156220     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.02.037     Document Type: Review

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