Chimeras of Bet v 1 and Api g 1 reveal heterogeneous IgE responses in patients with birch pollen allergy

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 188-194

  Gepp, Barbara ^a   Lengger, Nina ^a   Bublin, Merima ^a   Hemmer, Wolfgang ^b   Breiteneder, Heimo ^a   Radauer, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Floridsdorfer Allergie Zentrum   (Austria)

Author keywords

Api g 1.0101; Bet v 1.0101; birch pollen allergy; chimera based technology; IgE epitope mapping; patient specific IgE repertoire

Indexed keywords

API G 1.0101; BET V 1.0101; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALLERGEN; ANTISERUM; API G 1 PROTEIN, APIUM GRAVEOLENS; BET V 1 ALLERGEN, BETULA; EPITOPE; PLANT ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BINDING; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CHILD; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS; HAY FEVER; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, PLANT; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; CHILD; CHIMERA; EPITOPES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84903722105     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.12.1073     Document Type: Article

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