IgE-Type Antibodies to Ascaris Antigens in Man
Moriyasu Tsuji, Takaharu Hayashi, Shoso Yamamoto, Yasukazu Sakata, Takashi Toshida
Abstract
Moriyasu Tsuji, Takaharu Hayashi, Shoso Yamamoto, Yasukazu Sakata, Takashi Toshida
Abstract
IgE antibodies to Ascaris antigens were detected by radioallergosorbent test (RAST) in the serum obtained from a person experimentally sensitized with Ascaris suum antigens prepared from the body fluid of worms. This serum passively sensitized human skin in vitro and histamine release from the sensitized skin was observed by challenge with antigens. The allergenicity of A. suum antigens was present over a very broad spectrum of molecular size. The present results suggest that specific IgE antibodies to Ascaris antigens might be in Ascaris-infected patients and allergic symptoms which belong to type 1 reaction might be mediated by IgE in these patients.
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IgE antibodies to Ascaris antigens were detected by radioallergosorbent test (RAST) in the serum obtained from a person experimentally sensitized with Ascaris suum antigens prepared from the body fluid of worms. This serum passively sensitized human skin in vitro and histamine release from the sensitized skin was observed by challenge with antigens. The allergenicity of A. suum antigens was present over a very broad spectrum of molecular size. The present results suggest that specific IgE antibodies to Ascaris antigens might be in Ascaris-infected patients and allergic symptoms which belong to type 1 reaction might be mediated by IgE in these patients.
Key concepts: Immunology, Immunoglobulin E, Ascaris, Antigen, Antibody, Biology, Medicine, Helminths