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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-3-9
pubmed:abstractText
A procedure for the preparation of RAST disks used to assay isocyanate-specific IgE antibodies was developed. The outcome of the RAST was found to be strongly dependent on how the isocyanate test antigen was synthesized. Specific IgE from selected workers with isocyanate asthma reacted optimally to conjugates with less than or equal to 10 isocyanate molecules bound per molecule of human serum albumin. Further haptenization resulted in decreased specific binding and increased nonspecific binding because of high levels of total IgE. The hapten and carrier specificity of isocyanate-induced IgE antibodies were studied by direct RAST and RAST inhibition. The existence of new antigenic determinants related to both the isocyanate hapten and the carrier could be demonstrated. It was important to use a test antigen prepared from the same isocyanate as that to which the worker had been exposed, since the cross-reactivity between different isocyanate haptens was partial and varied from one patient to another. It was confirmed that isocyanate-specific IgE antibodies can be demonstrated only in a subgroup of workers with isocyanate-related bronchial asthma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0091-6749
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
126-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunologic specificity of isocyanate-induced IgE antibodies in serum from 10 sensitized workers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine I, Sahlgrenska Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't