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Significance of ovomucoid- and ovalbumin-specific IgE/IgG(4) ratios in egg allergy.
Caubet, Jean Christoph; Bencharitiwong, Ramon; Moshier, Erin; Godbold, James H; Sampson, Hugh A; Nowak-Wegrzyn, Anna.
Afiliação
  • Caubet JC; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10028, USA.
J Allergy Clin Immunol ; 129(3): 739-47, 2012 Mar.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22277199
BACKGROUND: The role of specific IgG(4) antibodies in natural tolerance acquisition remains a matter of debate; the specific IgE/IgG(4) ratio might add value to the measurement of absolute amounts of IgE for assessing the ongoing status of egg reactivity. OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine the significance of IgG(4) antibodies to ovalbumin (OVA) and ovomucoid (OVM) in egg-allergic children. METHODS: One hundred seven egg-allergic children (mean age 6.9 years; range 1.6-18.6 years) were challenged to baked egg. The outcomes of the challenges were related to the level of specific IgE and IgG(4) to OVM and OVA, component IgE/IgG(4) ratios, and mediator release in a functional assay based on the rat basophil leukemia cell line. RESULTS: Baked egg-reactive children had significantly higher OVA and OVM ratios of IgE/IgG(4) and mediator release in the rat basophil leukemia-based assay than did tolerant children (P < .05 for both). The OVA- and OVM-specific IgE/IgG(4) ratios and mediator release were correlated. In the receiver operating characteristic analysis, the areas under the curve for a logistic regression model including specific IgE and IgG(4) to OVA and OVM were significantly greater compared with the areas under the curve for egg white-specific IgE and OVM-specific IgE. CONCLUSIONS: The balance between IgE and IgG(4) to OVA and OVM has functional consequences. A model that includes the interactions between IgE and IgG(4) to OVA and OVM accurately predicts reactivity to baked egg and warrants further investigation.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Ovalbumina / Ovomucina / Hipersensibilidade a Ovo Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Adolescent / Animals / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2012 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Ovalbumina / Ovomucina / Hipersensibilidade a Ovo Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Adolescent / Animals / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2012 Tipo de documento: Article