Newly appreciated roles for basophils in allergy and protective immunity

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1133-1141

  Karasuyama, H ^a   Obata, K ^a   Wada, T ^a,b   Tsujimura, Y ^a,b   Mukai, K ^a,c  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION   (Japan)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

allergy; basophils; IgE; parasite; Th2 response

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; AUTOIMMUNITY; BASOPHIL; CELL GRANULE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; BASOPHILS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PARASITIC DISEASES; RESEARCH; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 79961129408     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2011.02613.x     Document Type: Review

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