Asthma-related environmental fungus, Alternaria, activates dendritic cells and produces potent TH2 adjuvant activity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2502-2510

  Kobayashi, Takao ^a,d   Iijima, Koji ^a   Radhakrishnan, Suresh ^b   Mehta, Vinay ^a,f   Vassallo, Robert ^a   Lawrence, Christopher B ^e   Cyong, Jong Chol ^c   Pease, Larry R ^b   Oguchi, Katsuji ^d   Kita, Hirohito ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NIHON PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 12; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; OVALBUMIN; OX40 LIGAND; ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALTERNARIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASTHMA; CANDIDA; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL POLARITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAGWEED POLLEN; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLLEN; RAGWEED; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ALLERGENS; ALTERNARIA; AMBROSIA; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CYTOKINES; DENDRITIC CELLS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OVALBUMIN; POLLEN; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 61449199387     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0802773     Document Type: Article

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