A revisit to cockroach allergens

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 95-106

  Sookrung, Nitat ^a   Chaicumpa, Wanpen ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresposiveness (AHR); Airway remodeling; Allergic rhinitis; Ariginine kinase; Atopic asthma; Atopy; Blattella germanica; Cockroach; Cockroach allergen detection; Cockroach allergen quantification; Cockroach allergens; Cockroach allergy; Cockroach avoidance; Fc RI; Fc RII; Gprotein couple receptor; IgE; IL 17; IL 9; Per a 1; Periplaneta americana; Protease activated receptors (PARs); Proteases; Th17; Th2; Th25; Th9

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ENZYME; INSECT HORMONE; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BLATTA GERMANICA; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HELPER CELL; HOUSE DUST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFESTATION; INSECT ALLERGY; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; TH25 CELL; TH3 CELL; TH9 CELL; THAILAND; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; COCKROACHES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT PROTEINS; POPULATION CONTROL; RECEPTOR, PAR-2; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; THAILAND;

EID: 78649497463     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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