The production and regulation of IgE by the immune system

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 247-259

  Wu, Lawren C ^a   Zarrin, Ali A ^a  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; HELMINTH; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGIC SURVEILLANCE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, IGE;

EID: 84897115704     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: 14741741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri3632     Document Type: Review

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