IgE+ B cells are scarce, but allergen-specific B cells with a memory phenotype circulate in patients with allergic rhinitis

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 420-428

  Wong, K J ^a   Timbrell, V ^a   Xi, Y ^a   Upham, J W ^a,b   Collins, A M ^c   Davies, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

allergic rhinitis; B cells; grass pollen; immunoglobulin E; immunoglobulin E B cells

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE SUCCINIMIDYL ESTER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BASOPHIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEMORY CELL; PASPALUM NOTATUM; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; POACEAE; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POACEAE; POLLEN; PROTEIN BINDING; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925598408     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/all.12563     Document Type: Article

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