Cur l 3, a major allergen of Curvularia lunata-derived short synthetic peptides, shows promise for successful immunotherapy

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1178-1184

  Sharma, Vidhu ^a   Singh, Bhanu Pratap ^a   Arora, Naveen ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Airway hyperreactivity; Cur l 3; Curvularia lunata; Mice model; Peptide immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CUR I 3; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURVULARIA LUNATA; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASCOMYCOTA; CYTOCHROMES C; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PEPTIDES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82755165231     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2011-0048OC     Document Type: Article

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