Recognition of T cell epitopes unique to Cha o 2, the major allergen in Japanese cypress pollen, in allergic patients cross-reactive to Japanese cedar and Japanese cypress pollen

Allergology International

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 237-245

  Sone, Toshio ^a   Dairiki, Kazuo ^b   Morikubo, Keiko ^b   Shimizu, Kimiko ^b   Tsunoo, Hajime ^b   Mori, Takeshi ^b   Kino, Kohsuke ^b  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cha o 2; Cross reactivity; Cry j 2; Pollinosis; T cell epitope

Indexed keywords

CHA O 2; CRY J 2; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; LYMPHOKINE; POLLEN ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGENICITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CUPRESSACEAE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE CEDAR; JAPANESE CYPRESS; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOID CELL LINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, PLANT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE; CHAMAECYPARIS; CLONE CELLS; CROSS REACTIONS; CRYPTOMERIA; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 67651176264     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.08-OA-0027     Document Type: Article

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