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Taipei Veterans General Hospital publishes research in allergies

Published in Respiratory Therapeutics Week, September 24th, 2007

Investigators publish new data in the report "Aspergillus and Penicillium allergens: focus on proteases." According to recent research from Taipei, Taiwan, "Penicillium and Aspergillus species are prevalent airborne fungi. It is imperative to identify and characterize their major allergens."

"Alkaline and/or vacuolar serine proteases are major allergens of several prevalent Penicillium and Aspergillus species. They are also major immunoglobulin (Ig) E-reacting components of the most prevalent airborne yeast, Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, and the most prevalent Cladosporium species, C. cladosporioides. IgE cross-reactivity has been detected among these major pan-fungal...

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