On the role of antibody affinity in the IgE mediated allergic response
Martin F. Bachmann1,2,3*, Monique Vogel1,2, Mona O. Mohsen1,2,6, Matthias F. Kramer5, Sviatlana Starchenka4, Piers Whitehead5 and Matthew D. Heath4
1Department of Immunology, University Clinic for Rheumatology and Immunology, Inselhospital, Bern, Switzerland;2Department of Biomedical Research Bern (DBMR), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. 3Nuffield Department of Medicine, The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; 4Allergy Therapeutics (UK) Ltd., Worthing, UK; 5Bencard Allergie GmbH, Munich, Germany;5SeromYx Systems, Cambridge, United States.6Saiba AG, Bahnhofstr. 13. CH-8808 Pfaeffikon Switzerland.
*Corresponding author: Martin F Bachmann, Department of Immunology, University Clinic for Rheumatology and Immunology, Inselhospital, Bern, Switzerland. E-mail: martin.bachmann@dbmr.unibe.ch