Abstract
Allergies are widely considered misguided Th2 cell responses. In this issue, Palm et al. (2013) and Marichal et al. (2013) show that mice mount anti-venom Th2 cell responses that share components of the "allergic" response but confer protection.
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MeSH terms
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Animals
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Bee Venoms / enzymology*
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Bee Venoms / toxicity*
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Female
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Hypersensitivity / immunology*
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Immunity, Innate / immunology*
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Immunoglobulin E / biosynthesis*
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Immunoglobulin E / immunology*
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Insect Proteins / immunology*
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Interleukin-1 Receptor-Like 1 Protein
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Lysophospholipids / immunology*
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Phospholipases A2 / immunology*
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Receptors, Interleukin / immunology*
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Th2 Cells / immunology*
Substances
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Bee Venoms
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Il1rl1 protein, mouse
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Insect Proteins
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Interleukin-1 Receptor-Like 1 Protein
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Lysophospholipids
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Receptors, Interleukin
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Immunoglobulin E
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Phospholipases A2