IgE antibody concentration, specific activity, clonality, and affinity measures from future diagnostic confirmatory tests

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-306

  Hamilton, Robert G ^a   Saito, Hirohisa ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b National Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

affinity; antibodies; basophils; chimeric; clonality; concentration; diagnostic tests; effector cell activation; Human; IgE; specificity

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; DER P 2 ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ALLERGY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; BASOPHIL DEGRANULATION; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; EFFECTOR CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; BASOPHILS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 48349110101     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.05.009     Document Type: Editorial

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