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CD23: an overlooked regulator of allergic disease.
Current allergy and asthma reports - 1 Sept 2007
Conrad Daniel H, Ford Jill W, Sturgill Jamie L, Gibb David R
Abstract excerpt
Given the importance of immunoglobulin (Ig) E in mediating type I hypersensitivity, inhibiting IgE production would be a general way of controlling allergic disease. The low-affinity IgE receptor (FceRII or CD23) has long been proposed to be a natural regulator of IgE synthesis. In vivo research supporting this concept includes the observation that mice lacking CD23 have increased IgE production whereas mice...
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