T lymphocytes and food allergy

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 424-433

  Bohle, Barbara ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Food allergy; T lymphocytes; Th1 Th2

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFLAMMATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SKIN MANIFESTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ALLERGENS; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 8744265153     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200400003     Document Type: Review

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