Article
[Allergen potential of drugs and ex vivo demonstration of an immune response].
Bulletin de l'Academie nationale de medecine - 1 Jan 2000
Albengres E
Abstract excerpt
Drugs are able to activate the immune system, which may generate hypersensitivity states in individuals. In a first part, this article deals with the critical processes that are involved in drug sensitizations: what are the specific features of drugs as immunogens; how drugs are recognized as non-self by immunocompetent cells; what is the spontaneous outcome of drug allergic states, does a genetic predisposition...
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