The carbohydrate galactose-α-1,3-galactose is a major IgE-binding epitope on cat IgA

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1189-1191

  Grönlund, Hans ^a   Adédoyin, Justus ^a   Commins, Scott P ^b   Platts Mills, Thomas A E ^b   van Hage, Marianne ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; EPITOPE; GALACTOSYLGALACTOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATS; CROSS REACTIONS; DISACCHARIDES; EPITOPES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

EID: 67349218902     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.03.011     Document Type: Letter

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