title: Immunoglobulin E antibodies that crossreact with vegetable foods, pollen, and Hymenoptera venom.
abstract: IgE in some human sera reacted with an antigen present in a large number of unrelated foods: potato, spinach, wheat, buckwheat, peanut, honey and others. The antigen, which was periodate-sensitive and heat-stable, was also found in pollen. Even more surprisingly, these antibodies often reacted in vitro with bee and vespid venom and were sometimes apparently induced by Hymenoptera stings.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D001514:Bee Venoms / Q000276:immunology; D001666:Binding Sites, Antibody; D003429:Cross Reactions; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D006927:Hymenoptera; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011058:Pollen / Q000276:immunology*; D011817:Rabbits; D011852:Radioallergosorbent Test; D014675:Vegetables; D014862:Wasp Venoms / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001514:Bee Venoms; D014862:Wasp Venoms; D007073:Immunoglobulin E