Article
Identification of HLA-DR and -DQ alleles conferring susceptibility to pollen allergy and pollen associated food allergy.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Apr 1998
Boehncke W H, Loeliger C, Kuehnl P, Kalbacher H, Böhm B O, Gall H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Allergenic crossreactivity of pollen and foods due to the antigeneic similarity of oligopeptides is a well established clinical phenomenon. OBJECTIVE: To determine the immunopathological relevance of antigen presentation, we analysed the HLA class-II genotype of patients with either p...
Topics
- Alleles
- Allergens
- Daucus carota
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- Food Hypersensitivity
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DR Antigens
- Humans
- Male
- Poaceae
- Pollen
- Radioallergosorbent Test
- Respiratory Hypersensitivity
- Skin Tests
- Time Factors