The influence of chitin on the immune response to the house dust mite allergen Blo t 12

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 119-129

  Zakzuk, Josefina ^a,b   Benedetti, Inés ^a   Fernández Caldas, Enrique ^c   Caraballo, Luis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

^b Foundation for the Development of Medical and Biological Sciences   (Colombia)

^c Inmunotek   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blo t 12; Blomia tropicalis; Chitin; House dust mites; Immunoglobulin E; Recombinant allergens

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; CHITIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; METHACHOLINE; BLO T 12.0101 ALLERGEN; BLO T 12.0102 ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ALLERGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MOUSE; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SENSITIZATION; TH2 CELL; ALLERGENICITY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; LUNG; NEW ZEALAND RABBIT; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL EXTRACTS; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; CHITIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84896873049     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000356482     Document Type: Article

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