Carbohydrates as Allergens

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-6

  Commins, Scott P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha gal; CCD; Food allergy; Glycan; IgE; Mammalian meat

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; FOOD ALLERGEN; GALACTOSYLGALACTOSE; GLYCAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LECTIN; ALLERGEN; EPITOPE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CROSS REACTION; FOOD ALLERGY; GLYCOSYLATION; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; MEDIATOR RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPES; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

EID: 84912005294     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: 15346315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-014-0492-y     Document Type: Review

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