The Scientist : Anaphylactic shock from a self-peptide [1/3/2001]

Email: Tudor Toma - ttoma@mail.dntis.ro
News from The Scientist 2001, 2(1):20010301-01

1 March 2001

Anaphylaxis — the most severe manifestation of allergy — has been previously associated only with exposure to a foreign antigen. The antigen is often derived from medication, insect venom or food. Now, a team from Stanford University and University of Milan, report in March Nature Immunology that anaphylaxis may also be triggered by a self-antigen (Nat Immun 2001, 2:216-222).

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