Basophil activation test: old and new applications in allergy

O Hemmings, M Kwok, R McKendry… - Current allergy and asthma …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The basophil activation test (BAT) using flow cytometry has
supplanted traditional methods of measuring basophil degranulation using histamine and …

Human IgG4: a structural perspective

AM Davies, BJ Sutton - Immunological Reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
IgG4, the least represented human IgG subclass in serum, is an intriguing antibody with
unique biological properties, such as the ability to undergo Fab‐arm exchange and limit …

Production of monoclonal antibodies for therapeutic purposes: A review

WP Alejandra, JPM Irene, GSF Antonio… - International …, 2023 - Elsevier
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have been used in the development of immunotherapies that
target a variety of diseases, such as cancer, autoimmune diseases, and even viral infections; …

Ig constant region effects on variable region structure and function

A Janda, A Bowen, NS Greenspan… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The adaptive humoral immune response is responsible for the generation of antimicrobial
proteins known as immunoglobulin molecules or antibodies. Immunoglobulins provide a …

Potential mechanisms for IgG4 inhibition of immediate hypersensitivity reactions

LK James, SJ Till - Current allergy and asthma reports, 2016 - Springer
IgG4 is the least abundant IgG subclass in human serum, representing less than 5% of all
IgG. Increases in IgG4 occur following chronic exposure to antigen and are generally …

Insights into mucosal innate immune responses in house dust mite-mediated allergic asthma

A Abu Khweek, E Kim, MR Joldrichsen… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The prevalence of asthma has been rising steadily for several decades, and continues to be
a major public health and global economic burden due to both direct and indirect costs …

Specific IgG4 antibodies to cow's milk proteins in pediatric patients with eosinophilic esophagitis

AJ Schuyler, JM Wilson, A Tripathi, SP Commins… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Allergen-specific IgG 4 (sIgG 4) antibodies are often associated with tolerance,
but sIgG 4 antibodies to causally relevant foods have been reported recently in adults with …

Component‐resolved analysis of IgA, IgE, and IgG4 during egg OIT identifies markers associated with sustained unresponsiveness

BL Wright, M Kulis, KA Orgel, AW Burks, P Dawson… - Allergy, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background In a previously reported Co FAR study, 55 subjects with egg allergy underwent
randomized, placebo‐controlled egg oral immunotherapy (eOIT). Active treatment induced …

Immune mechanisms of oral immunotherapy

MD Kulis, SU Patil, E Wambre, BP Vickery - Journal of Allergy and Clinical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Oral immunotherapy (OIT) has demonstrated reproducibly successful desensitization in
patients with food allergy completing clinical trials and, in some studies, sustained …

[HTML][HTML] IgE-blocking antibodies following SLIT with recombinant Mal d 1 accord with improved apple allergy

GS Acosta, T Kinaciyan, C Kitzmüller, C Möbs… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background We recently reported that 16 weeks of sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) with
recombinant (r) Mal d 1, but not rBet v 1, significantly improved birch pollen–related apple …