Research Article
Towards Defining Molecular Determinants Recognized by Adaptive Immunity in Allergic Disease: An Inventory of the Available Data
Table 3
Host distribution for peptidic and non-peptidic epitopes.
| | Allergic host | All T cell | CD4, class II | CD8, class I | All B cell | Linear B cell | Nonlinear | Overall |
| | Peptidic epitopes | | | | | | | | | Human | 1,483 | 1,406 | 9 | 2,590 | 2,541 | 49 | 4,073 | | Animal models | | | | | | | | | Japanese macaque | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | Pig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | Dog | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | | Rabbit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 337 | 337 | 0 | 337 | | Rat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | | Mouse | 304 | 271 | 6 | 388 | 357 | 31 | 692 |
| | Nonpeptidic epitopes | | | | | | | | | Human | 50 | 42 | 1 | 72 | — | — | 122 | | Animal models | | | | | | | | | Rabbit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — | — | 36 | | Guinea pig | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — | — | 20 | | Rat | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | — | 4 | | Mouse | 26 | 5 | 2 | 50 | — | — | 76 |
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