Sequential allergen desensitization of basophils is non-specific and may involve p38 MAPK
Sequential allergen desensitization of basophils is non-specific and may involve p38 MAPK
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DOI:
10.1111/all.12482
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发表时间:
2014-10-01
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影响因子:
12.4
通讯作者:
Hoffmann, H. J. H.
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作者:
Christensen, S. K. Witting;Krohn, I. Kortekaas;Hoffmann, H. J. H.
BackgroundSequential allergen desensitization provides temporary tolerance for allergic patients. We adapted a clinical protocol to desensitize human blood basophils ex vivo and investigated the mechanism and allergen specificity.MethodsWe included 28 adult, grass allergic subjects. The optimal, activating allergen concentration was determined by measuring activated CD63(+) CD193(+)SS(Low) basophils in a basophil activation test with 8 log-dilutions of grass allergen. Basophils in whole blood were desensitized by incubation with twofold to 2.5-fold increasing allergen doses in 10 steps starting at 1 : 1000 of the optimal dose. Involvement of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) was assessed after 3min of allergen stimulation (n=7). Allergen specificity was investigated by desensitizing cells from multi-allergic subjects with grass allergen and challenging with optimal doses of grass, birch, recombinant house dust mite (rDer p2) allergen or anti-IgE (n=10).ResultsDesensitization reduced the fraction of blood basophils responding to challenge with an optimal allergen dose from a median (IQR) 81.0% (66.3-88.8) to 35.4% (19.8-47.1, P