Open AccessNew Strategies for Allergen T Cell Epitope Identification: Going beyond IgE
Author(s) -
Véronique Schulten,
Bjoern Peters,
Alessandro Sette
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international archives of allergy and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1423-0097
pISSN - 1018-2438
DOI - 10.1159/000368406
Subject(s) - epitope , elispot , immunology , immunoglobulin e , allergy , immunotherapy , allergen , medicine , allergen immunotherapy , t cell , antibody , epitope mapping , immune system
Type I allergy and allergic asthma are common diseases in the developed world associated with IgE antibodies and Th2 cell reactivity. To date, the only causative treatment for allergic disease is specific immunotherapy (SIT).
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