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Discovery of Alpha-Gal-Containing Antigens in North American Tick Species Believed to Induce Red Meat Allergy

Development of specific IgE antibodies to the oligosaccharide galactose-α-1, 3-galactose (α-gal) following tick bites has been shown to be the source of red meat allergy. In this study, we investigated the presence of α-gal in four tick species: the lone-star tick (Amblyomma americanum), the Gulf-Co...

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Autores principales: Crispell, Gary, Commins, Scott P., Archer-Hartman, Stephanie A., Choudhary, Shailesh, Dharmarajan, Guha, Azadi, Parastoo, Karim, Shahid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6533943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31156631
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2019.01056