INVIVO STUDIES OF MEDIATOR RELEASE IN COLD URTICARIA AND CHOLINERGIC URTICARIA
INVIVO STUDIES OF MEDIATOR RELEASE IN COLD URTICARIA AND CHOLINERGIC URTICARIA
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DOI:
10.1016/0091-6749(75)90078-0
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
影响因子:
14.2
通讯作者:
BEAVEN, MA
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作者:
KAPLAN, AP;GRAY, L;BEAVEN, MA
Six patients with cold urticaria had elevated plasma histamine levels after cold challenge by placing 1 hand in ice water for 4 min. A single patient became hypotensive during the procedure and had a level of 260 ng/ml histamine in the venous effluent from his hand. No elevation of plasma serotonin or bradykinin was observed. Two patients with cholinergic urticaria possessed elevated plasma histamine levels during and after vigorous exercise for 10 min; these patients also gave a positive test for vibration-induced angioedema. A single patient with cholinergic urticaria possessed elevated baseline serotonin levels and elevated levels during and after exercise but no elevation of plasma histamine or bradykinin. Histamine is probably the major mediator of urticaria and hypotension in cold urticaria. Histamine also appears to be released coincident with the development of urticaria in some patients with cholinergic urticaria, while elevated serotonin levels in a single atypical patient suggest that a subpopulation of patients with cholinergic urticaria possess a different pathogenesis.