Regulatory T Cell Specificity Directs Tolerance versus Allergy against Aeroantigens in Humans

Cell

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1067-1078.e16

  Kniemeyer, Olaf ^f   Brakhage, Axel A ^f   Ferreira, Fátima ^e   Wallner, Michael ^e   Sawitzki, Birgit ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH PIK   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d MILTENYI BIOTEC GMBH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^f FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

allergen; allergy; antigen specific T cell; aspergillus fumigatus; birch pollen; CD137 (4 1BB); CD154 (CD40L); regulatory T cell; tolerance; treg

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; ALLERGEN; AUTOANTIGEN;

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGY; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH2 CELL; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY;

ALLERGENS; AUTOANTIGENS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; SELF TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84994876193     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: 10974172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.09.050     Document Type: Article

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