Determination of immunoglobulins responsible for histamine release induced by microbial antigens in AIDS patients.

Allergy
M PedersenP S Skov

Abstract

AIDS patients in contrast to healthy individuals show basophil histamine release by stimulation in vitro of their blood leukocytes with Candida albicans (CA) and Herpes simplex virus Type I (HSV-I). Passive sensitization of cells from healthy individuals with the patient serum or surface immunoglobulins (Ig) derived from leukocytes of AIDS patients caused histamine release by the following stimulation of the cells with CA or HSV-I. When IgE was removed from the surface Ig no response was obtained, whereas a removal of IgG did not diminish the response. In contrast, no passive sensitization was obtained by serum derived from healthy individuals. The results show that IgE is responsible for the histamine release caused by CA and HSV-I in AIDS patients.

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Apr 4, 2002·Clinical and Experimental Allergy : Journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology·Thomas M ZollnerJ A Woodfolk
Apr 1, 1996·Clinical and Experimental Allergy : Journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology·J SavolainenM Viander

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