Cloning of IgE-binding proteins from Simulium vittatum and their potential significance as allergens for equine insect bite hypersensitivity

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-77

  Schaffartzik, A ^a,c   Weichel, M ^a   Crameri, R ^a   Bjornsdottir Th S ^b   Prisi, C ^c   Rhyner, C ^a   Torsteinsdottir S ^b   Marti, E ^c  

^a SWISS INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA RESEARCH SIAF   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Horse; Insect bite hypersensitivity; Recombinant allergens; Simulium vittatum

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SIM V 1; PROTEIN SIM V 2; PROTEIN SIM V 3; PROTEIN SIM V 4; SALIVA PROTEIN; SIMULIUM VITTATUM ERYTHEMA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECT BITE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIMULIUM; SIMULIUM VITTATUM; SKIN ALLERGY;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIMULIIDAE;

CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; EQUIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; MUS; SIMULIUM VITTATUM;

EID: 70350591050     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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