Abstract
All previous studies agree that only a proportion of sera from patients with chronic urticaria (CU) positive on the autologous serum skin test (ASST) are able to induce histamine release in vitro. A non-specific release of bradykinins during clotting of blood samples has been suggested; however, ASST seems rather specific and some data point to the existence of a mast cell-specific histamine-releasing factor. To assess whether, and to what extent, the use of both human basophils and mast cells increases the sensitivity of in vitro histamine release assays (HRAs) in ASST-positive patients with CU. The histamine-releasing activity of sera from 93 patients with CU selected on the basis of strong skin reactivity on ASST was assessed in vitro on basophils from 1 (n=86), 2 (n=31), or 3 (n=20) normal donors, and on mast cells from 1 (n=3), 2 (n=3), or 3 (n=87) normal donors. Sera from 88/93 (95%) patients induced significant histamine release from mast cells or basophils on at least one HRA. 76/93 (82%), 45/90 (50%), 22/80 (28%), and 6/12 (50%) sera were able to induce significant histamine release from cells of 2/5, 3/5, 4/5 and 5/5 donors, respectively. Sera from nearly all ASST-positive patients with CU are able to induce histamine...Continue Reading
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