The role of the FcεRI β-chain in allergic diseases

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-72

  Kraft, Stefan ^a   Rana, Shalini ^a   Jouvin, Marie Hélène ^a   Kinet, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy and immunology; Alternative splicing; Anaphylaxis; Mast cells; Polymorphism (genetics); Receptors, IgE; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

FC EPSILON RECEPTOR; FC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ATOPY; BASOPHIL; BETA CHAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAST CELL; MEDIATOR RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAST CELLS; MICE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, IGE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 4644362023     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080231     Document Type: Review

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