Evidence that negative feedback between antibody concentration and affinity regulates humoral response consolidation to a non-infectious antigen in infants

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-30

  Jackola, Duaine R ^a   Liebeler, Carol L ^a   Lin, Ching Yuang ^b   Chiu, Yi Kai ^c   Blumenthal, Malcolm N ^a   Rosenberg, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Affinity; Allergen; Antibodies; Atopy; Human; IgE; IgG1

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INFANT; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SENSITIZATION;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 5444231505     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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