Development of an animal model for allergic conjunctivitis: Influence of genetic factors and allergen concentration on immune response

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 670-675

  Giavina bianchi, Pedro ^a,b   Kalil, Jorge ^a   Rizzo, Luiz Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Jd Amé rica São Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allergic conjunctivitis; Animal models of diseases; Immediate hypersensitivity; Mice; Mites; Mucosal immunity

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 10; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITES; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 51049110522     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.01134.x     Document Type: Article

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