Intratracheal instillation of cytoplasmic granules from Phleum pratense pollen induces IgE- and cell-mediated responses in the brown norway rat

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-29

  Motta, A C ^a,b   Dormans, J A ^a   Peltre, G ^c   Lacroix, G ^b   Bois, F Y ^b   Steerenberg, P A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Inst Natl l'Environnement I   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Granules; Pollen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL CULTURE; CELL GRANULE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INSTILLATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILTRATION; GRASS POLLEN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHLEUM PRATENSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SENSITIZATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHLEUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLLEN; RATS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 4644340178     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080039     Document Type: Article

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