title: Standardization of basophil degranulation for pharmacological studies.
abstract: There is a need of a standard basophil degranulation test for diagnosis and for immunopharmacological studies. In order to obtain a sufficient concentration of basophils blood was sedimented at 1 g which gave a yield of 1500-3000 basophils/microliter instead of 50/microliter in whole blood. As the course of degranulation is exponential, it can be linearised using a logarithmic approximation Y = A0 + A1 log D where D is the allergen concentration. The application of this mathematical method permitted the collection of statistical information about the test itself. The coefficient of variation was less than 10%. The test can be used to compare the allergenic potency of different extracts of the same allergen.
mesh_terms: D001491:Basophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D008722:Methods; D012015:Reference Standards