Dangerous allergens: Why some allergens are bad actors

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 92-98

  Georas, Steve N ^a   Rezaee, Fariba ^a   Lerner, Laurie ^a   Beck, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Dendritic cells; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CYTOKINE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3ALPHA; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ALLERGY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ASTHMA; BASOPHIL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DENDRITIC CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEALTH HAZARD; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INHALATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MEDIATOR RELEASE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; DENDRITIC CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INHALATION; LUNG; NOSE; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA;

EID: 77952218162     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-010-0090-6     Document Type: Review

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