A model of chronic IgE-mediated food allergy in ovalbumin-sensitized mice

Food allergy is most frequently the result of IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reactions. Here, we describe a chronic model in which some of the intestinal and systemic consequences of continuous egg white solution ingestion by ovalbumin-sensitized eight-week-old BALB/c mice, 6 animals per group, of bo...

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Main Authors: J.C.S. Saldanha, D.L. Gargiulo, S.S. Silva, F.H. Carmo-Pinto, M.C. Andrade, J.I. Alvarez-Leite, M.M. Teixeira, D.C. Cara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2004-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Subjects:
IgE
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004000600005