Unique and cross-reactive T cell epitope peptides of the major bahia grass pollen allergen, pas n 1

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 355-366

  Etto, Tamara ^a,b,c   De Boer, Carmela ^a,b,c   Prickett, Sara ^a,b   Gardner, Leanne M ^a,b,c   Voskamp, Astrid ^a,b,c   Davies, Janet M ^a,b,c,d   O'Hehir, Robyn E ^a,b,c   Rolland, Jennifer M ^a,b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CRC for Asthma and Airways   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Bahia grass pollen allergy; T cell cross reactivity; T cell epitopes

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; PEPTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, PLANT; ASTHMA; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONE CELLS; CROSS REACTIONS; CYNODON; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LOLIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PASPALUM; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 84864100088     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338290     Document Type: Article

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