The major allergen of the Parietaria pollen contains an LPS-binding region with immuno-modulatory activity

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 297-303

  Bonura, A ^a   Corinti, S ^b   Schiavi, E ^b   Giacomazza, D ^a   Gianguzza, F ^c   Di Felice, G ^b   Colombo, P ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

allergens; animal models; environment; pollens

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PAR J 1 PROTEIN; PAR37 PEPTIDE; POLLEN ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARIETARIA; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SENSITIZATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPLEEN CELL;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARIETARIA; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN; POLYMYXIN B; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPLEEN;

EID: 84873715844     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12086     Document Type: Article

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