Naturally processed T cell-activating peptides of the major birch pollen allergen

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Mutschlechner, Sonja ^a,b   Egger, Matthias ^a   Briza, Peter ^a   Wallner, Michael ^a   Lackner, Peter ^a   Karle, Anette ^c   Vogt, Anne B ^c   Fischer, Gottfried F ^d   Bohle, Barbara ^b   Ferreira, Fatima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^d University Clinic for Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine   (Austria)

Author keywords

antigen presentation; antigen processing; Bet v 1; Birch pollen allergy; dendritic cells; T cells; T cell epitopes

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BIRCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; RECOGNITION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 77949265993     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.10.052     Document Type: Article

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