WASP, Tregs, and food allergies -Rare disease provides insight into a common problem

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 3728-3730

  Liang, Yun ^a   Gudjonsson, Johann E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NEURAL WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

EFFECTOR CELL; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RARE DISEASE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; TH2 CELL; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY;

FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; RARE DISEASES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

EID: 84991687059     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI90198     Document Type: Review

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