Recombinant allergens for diagnosis of cockroach allergy

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Arruda, L Karla ^a   Barbosa, Michelle C R ^a   Santos, Ana Beatriz R ^b   Moreno, Adriana S ^a   Chapman, Martin D ^c   Pomés, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c INDOOR Biotechnologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergen cross reactivity; Allergen structure; Allergy; Allergy diagnosis; Asthma; Cockroach; IgE; Molecular cloning; Recombinant allergens; Skin testing; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ARGININE KINASE; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; BLA G 1 PROTEIN; BLA G 2 PROTEIN; BLA G 5 PROTEIN; BLA G 7 PROTEIN; COCKROACH ALLERGEN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CROSS REACTING ANTIGEN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT PROTEIN; LIPOCALIN; MARKER; OMALIZUMAB; PER A 1 PROTEIN; PER A 3 PROTEIN; PER A 7 PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ALLERGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; TROPOMYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD; COCKROACH; COCKROACH ALLERGY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMOLYMPH; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT ALLERGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRICK TEST; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN TEST; SUBCUTANEOUS IMMUNOTHERAPY; SUBLINGUAL IMMUNOTHERAPY;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BLOOD; COCKROACHES; CROSS REACTIONS; DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOLOGY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 84899059578     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: 15346315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-014-0428-6     Document Type: Article

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