Pollen allergens do not come alone: pollen associated lipid mediators (PALMS) shift the human immue systems towards a TH2-dominated response

Table 2 Summary of effects of PALMs on cells of the innate and adoptive immune system

Arrows indicate an increase (↑) or decrease (↓).
References: *: Traidl-Hoffmann C et al., J Allergy Clin Immunol (2002); ^#: Plötz SG et al., J Allergy Clin Immunol (2004); ^¶: Traidl-Hoffmann C et al., J Exp Med (2005); ^§: Mariani V et al., J Immunol (2007)
cAMP_i = intracellular cyclic 5'-adenosine monophosphate; ECP = eosinophil cationic protein; MLR = mixed lymphocyte reaction.

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