The Secret Life of IgE-Producing Cells.
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- Academic Journal
- Authors
- Aranda CJ; Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.; Curotto de Lafaille MA; Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA. Electronic address: maria.lafaille@med.nyu.edu.
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- Publisher: Cell Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9432918 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1097-4180 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10747613 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Immunity
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- Language
- English
IgE antibodies are essential mediators of allergies. In a recent study in Science, Croote et al. (2018) characterize IgE cells isolated from individuals allergic to peanuts. Their findings provide insight into the differentiation of IgE cells in humans and have implications for our understanding of allergic disease.
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