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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 25.
Published in final edited form as: Mucosal Immunol. 2010 May 26;3(4):334–344. doi: 10.1038/mi.2010.19

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Immunological mechanisms of allergen-specific immunotherapy. Immunotherapy improves the clinical parameters of allergy via effects on a variety of immune cells. Skewing from a Th2 response, decreasing the humoral IgE response, increasing immune regulatory cells and mediators, and class-switching to blocking antibodies reduce the number and activation of mast cells and eosinophils to the site of allergen exposure.