The Impact of Nitration on the Structure and Immunogenicity of the Major Birch Pollen Allergen Bet v 1.0101

Allergy prevalence has increased in industrialized countries. One contributing factor could be pollution, which can cause nitration of allergens exogenously (in the air) or endogenously (in inflamed lung tissue). We investigated the impact of nitration on both the structural and immunological behavi...

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Main Authors: Ackaert, Chloé, Kofler, Stefan, Horejs-Hoeck, Jutta, Zulehner, Nora, Asam, Claudia, von Grafenstein, Susanne, Fuchs, Julian E., Briza, Peter, Liedl, Klaus R., Bohle, Barbara, Ferreira, Fátima, Brandstetter, Hans, Oostingh, Gertie J., Duschl, Albert
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4134196/