What is the source of serum allergen-specific IgE?

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-287

  Eckl Dorna, Julia ^a   Niederberger, Verena ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergy; Antibody production; B cell; IgE; Immunoglobulin; Memory; Memory cell; Plasma cell

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; BONE MARROW; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MEMORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PLASMA CELL; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SPLEEN; TARGET ORGAN;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW CELLS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LUNG; NASAL MUCOSA; PLASMA CELLS;

EID: 84877921550     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: 15346315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-013-0348-x     Document Type: Review

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