Identification of crab proteins that elicit IgE reactivity in snow crab-processing workers

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1055-1061

  Gill, Beth V ^a,b   Rice, Timothy R ^a,c   Cartier, André ^d   Gautrin, Denise ^d   Neis, Barbara ^e   Horth Susin, Lise ^f   Jong, Michael ^g   Swanson, Mark ^h   Lehrer, Samuel B ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Allergy Asthma and Immunology   (United States)

^c College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^d HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^f RANA Respiratory Core Group   (Canada)

^g Labrador Grenfell Health   (Canada)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Crab; IgE reactivity; immunoblot; occupational allergy; RAST

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROTEIN; PYROXYLIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB MEAT; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; WORKER;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROTEINS;

EID: 71749099975     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.06.030     Document Type: Article

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