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Clonally related IgE and IgG4 transcripts in blood lymphocytes of patients with asthma reveal differing patterns of somatic mutation.
European journal of immunology - 1 Oct 1998
Snow R E, Chapman C J, Holgate S T, Stevenson F K
Abstract excerpt
Isotype switching to IgE contributes to atopic asthma, therefore strategies to divert this process to alternative isotypes could have therapeutic relevance. It is known that patients with allergic disease have serum IgE and IgG4 antibodies with similar specificities, and that cytokines such as IL-4 mediate switching to both of these isotypes. Availability of variable region gene analysis has allowed us to probe...
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