title: Relationship between specific circulating IgE, basophil cell-bound IgE and histamine release induced by purified allergens of Dermatophagoides farinae.
abstract: In this study we analysed the presence and proportions of IgE specific for Df 6 and Df 11, two purified allergens of Dermatophagoides farinae. The characterisation of serum IgE and cell-bound IgE for 3 D. farinae-sensitive patients were performed by CRIE, RAST and PRIST assays. Furthermore the basophils from these same patients were studied by histamine release assays in the presence of Df 6 and Df 11. All the individual patient's cell and serum IgE samples displayed the presence of IgE antibodies specific for Df 6 and Df 11, but the relative quantities of the IgE for these two specificities were characteristic of each patient. The ratios (Specific IgE for Df 11) : (Specific IgE for Df 6) (ratio 11 : 6) were similar in the serum and on the cells for an individual patient. As judged by histamine release assays, the basophil sensitivities towards Df 6 and Df 11 were very different from one atopic patient to another. Moreover cell sensitivities reflected the proportion of Df 6- and Df 11-specific IgE antibodies found in the serum and in the cell eluate.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Le Mao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weyer
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dandeu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rabillon
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: David
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001666:Binding Sites, Antibody; D006636:Histamine Release; D006801:Humans; D007123:Immunoelectrophoresis, Two-Dimensional; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis*; D008925:Mites / Q000276:immunology*; D011817:Rabbits / Q000276:immunology; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E