Basophils and antigen presentation: Of mice and not men?

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 579-580

  Knol, Edward F ^a   Gibbs, Bernhard F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MEDWAY SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FC RECEPTOR IIB; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; PAPAIN; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR;

ALLERGY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ASTHMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BASOPHIL; CELL ISOLATION; DENDRITIC CELL; EDITORIAL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH2 CELL;

ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; BASOPHILS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 84859779923     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2012.02816.x     Document Type: Editorial

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