title: Fluorometric enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the measurement of IgE antibody to mite Dermatophagoides farinae.
abstract: We have developed a fluorometric enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for measuring IgE antibody to Dermatophagoides farinae. Polystyrene microplates were coated with proteins extracted from the mites. The IgE antibody which attached to the solid-phase antigen was detected by anti-IgE antibody conjugated with beta-galactosidase. Four-methylumbelliferyl-beta-D-galactoside was used as the enzyme substrate and the fluorescence intensity of the reaction product was measured. The antibody levels determined by this method well correlated with those determined by the radioallergosorbent test (RAST). This method is simpler and less expensive to carry out than the RAST when dealing with a large number of serum specimens for seroepidemiological studies of asthma and nasal allergy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Institute of Public Health, Tokyo.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inouye
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis*; D007223:Infant; D008925:Mites / Q000276:immunology*; D011852:Radioallergosorbent Test
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E