title: A double-blind, multicenter immunotherapy trial in children, using a purified and standardized Cladosporium herbarum preparation. II. In vitro results.
abstract: This double-blind immunotherapy trial in children, using a purified and standardized Cladosporium herbarum allergen preparation, has shown that children with mould asthma and/or rhinoconjunctivitis, responded to immunotherapy with a decrease in specific IgE and a significant increase in specific IgG. There was a marked increase in the ratio specific IgG/specific IgE as a result of active treatment. IgE-CRIE radiostaining patterns showed no pronounced changes after 10 months' active treatment and no "new sensitivities" could be detected in the studied patients. IgG-CRIE radiostaining, primarily directed towards the important allergens, was significantly increased in the active group and particularly towards Ag-12 (partially identical to a previously described major allergen in Cladosporium herbarum, Ag-54). Children treated with histamine placebo showed no change in antibody patterns during 10 months of treatment.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000485:Allergens; D000946:Antigens, Fungal / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001249:Asthma / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002963:Cladosporium / Q000276:immunology*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003233:Conjunctivitis, Allergic / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007123:Immunoelectrophoresis, Two-Dimensional; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007167:Immunotherapy; D008297:Male; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D000946:Antigens, Fungal; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007073:Immunoglobulin E