The cockroach and allergic diseases

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 264-269

  Sohn, Myung Hyun ^a   Kim, Kyu Earn ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Allergen; Allergy; Asthma; Cockroach; Protease activated receptor 2

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CD11B ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOCALIN; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 1; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 3; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 4; TROPONIN C; VASCULOTROPIN;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; COCKROACH; CROSS REACTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INNATE IMMUNITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; PERIPLANETA FULGINOSA; PERIPLANETA JAPONICA; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 84869844623     PISSN: 20927355     EISSN: 20927363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4168/aair.2012.4.5.264     Document Type: Article

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