title: IgE reactivity profiles among house dust mite allergic patients in Bavaria.
abstract: Recombinant allergen diagnostics have become increasingly important in daily allergological routine, made possible by inroads into the understanding of major and minor allergens accomplished within the last decade. Recombinant allergen diagnostics will, however, only provide correct diagnoses when sufficient knowledge of the regional IgE reactivity profile to a specific allergen source is available. A variety of studies in different European countries revealed reactivity profiles, where a sensitization to house dust mite could be recognized in more than 97 % of cases in which Der p1 and Der p2 were measured. The aim of this study was to investigate the IgE reactivity profiles of house dust mite allergic patients in southern Germany. Sera of house dust mite allergic patients (positive intranasal provocation) were screened for IgE antibodies against commercially available D pter., nDer p1, rDer p2 and rDer p10. IgE antibodies against D pter. could be found in 98 out of 98 sera (100 %). Seventy-five patients (76.5 %) reacted to nDer p1. In 72 patients (73.4 %), IgE antibodies against rDer p2 could be found, while IgE antibodies against rDer p10 were present in only 4 patients (4.1 %). Seventeen patients (17.3 %) had no IgE antibodies against nDer p1, rDer p2 and nDer p10, but displayed reactions to D pter. Knowledge of IgE regional reactivity profiles is necessary when using recombinant allergen diagnostics. In the case of our house dust mite allergic patients 17 would have remained undiagnosed based on a diagnostic method utilizing only the two major allergens nDerp1 and rDerp2.
authors: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany, sven.becker@med.uni-muenchen.de.
authors: Sven
authors: S
authors: Becker
authors: Matthias F
authors: MF
authors: Kramer
authors: Miriam
authors: M
authors: Havel
authors: Christian
authors: C
authors: Welz
authors: Sabine
authors: S
authors: Markmann
authors: Moritz
authors: M
authors: Gröger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D039741:Antigens, Dermatophagoides / Q000276:immunology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000276:immunology*; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D039981:Pyroglyphidae / Q000276:immunology*; D012882:Skin Tests
chemical_list: D039741:Antigens, Dermatophagoides; D007073:Immunoglobulin E
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