High Environmental Ozone Levels Lead to Enhanced Allergenicity of Birch Pollen

Isabelle Beck; Susanne Jochner; Stefanie Gilles; Mareike McIntyre; Jeroen T. M. Buters; Carsten Schmidt-Weber; Heidrun Behrendt; Johannes Ring; Annette Menzel; Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080147

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High Environmental Ozone Levels Lead to Enhanced Allergenicity of Birch Pollen

Isabelle Beck,

Affiliation ZAUM – Center of Allergy & Environment, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technische Universität München/Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany
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Susanne Jochner,

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Ecoclimatology, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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Stefanie Gilles,

Affiliations ZAUM – Center of Allergy & Environment, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technische Universität München/Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany, Christine-Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK Care), Davos, Switzerland
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Mareike McIntyre,

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Jeroen T. M. Buters,

Affiliation ZAUM – Center of Allergy & Environment, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technische Universität München/Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany
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Carsten Schmidt-Weber,

Affiliation ZAUM – Center of Allergy & Environment, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technische Universität München/Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany
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Heidrun Behrendt,

Affiliations ZAUM – Center of Allergy & Environment, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technische Universität München/Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany, Christine-Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK Care), Davos, Switzerland
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Johannes Ring,

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Annette Menzel,

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Ecoclimatology, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany
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Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann

* E-mail: claudia.traidl-hoffmann@lrz.tu-muenchen.de

Affiliations ZAUM – Center of Allergy & Environment, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technische Universität München/Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany, Christine-Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK Care), Davos, Switzerland
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High Environmental Ozone Levels Lead to Enhanced Allergenicity of Birch Pollen

Isabelle Beck,
Susanne Jochner,
Stefanie Gilles,
Mareike McIntyre,
Jeroen T. M. Buters,
Carsten Schmidt-Weber,
Heidrun Behrendt,
Johannes Ring,
Annette Menzel,
Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann

Published: November 20, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080147

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