Seasonal Variation of IgE Antibody Specific for Ragweed Antigen E (IgE-a-AgE) from the Basophil Surface in Patients with Ragweed Pollenosis
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
- Vol. 66 (2) , 179-188
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000232817
Abstract
Seasonal elevation in total serum IgE and IgE antibody specific for antigen E (IgE-a-AgE) are well recognized in patients with ragweed pollenosis. We found that the ratio of specific IgE-a-AgE to total IgE in plasma was the only measure predictive of the number of specific IgE-a-AgE molecules per basophil. Although both total and specific IgE rose with season, the ratio did not change, the number of IgE-a-AgE molecules per basophil did not change, and histamine release in response to AgE did not increase.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: