ANTIBODY-RESPONSE FOLLOWING PROLONGED HYPOSENSITIZATION WITH DERMATOPHAGOIDES-PTERONYSSINUS EXTRACT
ANTIBODY-RESPONSE FOLLOWING PROLONGED HYPOSENSITIZATION WITH DERMATOPHAGOIDES-PTERONYSSINUS EXTRACT
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DOI:
10.1159/000232471
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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NUNN, AJ
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CHAPMAN, MD;PLATTSMILLS, TAE;NUNN, AJ
An antigen-binding radioimmunoassay was used to measure Ig[immunoglobulin]G, IgA and IgE antibody (ab) to D. pteronyssinus in sera from patients who had been hyposensitized with aqueous D. pteronyssinus extract or placebo. An allergen, F4P1, was obtained from D. pteronyssinus culture and 125I-labeled for use in the assay. The radioallergosorbent test was also used to measure IgE ab to D. pteronyssinus and IgE ab to D. farinae. The radioimmunoassay results showed a selective rise in IgG ab in sera from D. pteronyssinus-treated (DP) patients. An increase of greater than 2-fold in IgG ab in post-treatment sera was found in 27 of 29 DP patients compared to 1 of 29 placebo-treated (placebo) patients (P .mchlt. 0.001). The mean rise in IgG ab in DP patients was 6-fold, and the maximum rise was 50-fold. There was little change in the levels of IgA ab or IgE ab in DP or placebo patients during treatment. The DP patients showed significant clinical improvement compared with the placebo patients (P < 0.01). No correlation was found between post-treatment IgG ab and post-treatment symptom scores, or between the changes in IgG ab and the changes in symptom scores during treatment. The time course of the antigen-binding assay was investigated using very low concentrations of F4P1. Antigen-binding was slow, even in the presence of an excess of IgG ab. The role of IgG ab in hyposensitization was discussed.