B cells, IgE and mechanisms of type I hypersensitivity in eosinophilic oesophagitis

Gut

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-7

  Mulder, Daniel J ^a   Justinich, Christopher J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; MESSENGER RNA;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLASS SWITCH RECOMBINATION; DIET; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGEAL HYPERSENSITIVITY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MAST CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATCH TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MAST CELLS;

EID: 73449107755     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2009.189316     Document Type: Note

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