Article
An HLA-associated nonresponsiveness to mellitin: a component of bee venom.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Aug 1990
Lympany P, Kemeny D M, Welsh K I, Lee T H
Abstract excerpt
Previous work has demonstrated a close association between certain histocompatibility antigens and the gene that controls the IgE response to certain ragweed allergens. For example, there is a 90% association between IgE production to the short ragweed allergen, Amb a V, and an HLA class II allele. To assess whether these HLA linkages are specific for ragweed, we have investigated the association between HLA...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Bee Venoms
- Female
- HLA Antigens
- HLA-D Antigens
- Histocompatibility Testing
- Humans
- Hypersensitivity
- Immunoglobulin E
- Immunoglobulin G
