New strategies with anti-IgE in allergic diseases

IgE has long been known as a therapeutic target for allergic disease, but the difficulty has been in selecting agents that don't trigger cross linkage of IgE when bound to its high affinity receptor (FceR1) on mast cells and basophils. By “designing” a monoclonal antibody (mAb) which targets th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stephen T Holgate
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:World Allergy Organization Journal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1939455119302479