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D H Bryant

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PubMed1975

Identification of IgG antibody as a carrier of reaginic activity in asthmatic patients.

In a previous study it was reported that a group of asthmatic patients, in whom cromolyn sodium did not inhibit bronchial immediate allergic reactions, had reaginic antibodies that did not appear to belong to the IgE class. This study was designed to extend these observations, and it was shown that the IgG fractions from these patients' sera, purified by ion exchange chromatography and specific immunosorbents, had skin-sensitizing activity to the antigen studied, while the IgE fractions did not. The skin-sensitizing activity in the IgG fractions was not removed by anti-IgE antiserum and was not inactivated by heating at 56 degrees C or by reduction/alkylation. It is proposed that IgG antibodies may mediate immediate allergic reactions in some asthmatic patients, that these patients can be detected by means of serum total IgE and allergen-specific IgE estimation, and that cromolyn sodium is not an effective inhibitor of bronchial immediate allergic reactions in these patients.

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PubMed1975

The correlation between skin tests, bronchial provocation tests and the serum level of IgE specific for common allergens in patients with asthma.

Cutaneous and bronchial immediate allergic reactivity and the serum level of IgE specific for each of four common inhalant allergens were determined for 153 asthmatic patients. Positive bronchial reactivity to an extract was not detected in any of the patients with a negative prick test reaction to that extract but did occur in 9% of the patients in whom the serum tests results for IgE specific to that allergen fell within the range regarded as negative. Highly significant correlation coefficients between the degree of bronchial and cutaneous allergic reactivity to the allergen extracts were found and these were slightly but significantly less than the correlation between the serum level of allergen specific IgE and the degree of bronchial allergic reactivity to the allergen extracts. These findings indicate that the results both of prick testing with appropriate extracts and estimation of the serum level of allergen specific IgE can be used to predict not only the presence of detectable bronchial reactivity to inhalant allergens but also the degree of this reactivity. However, for the routine investigation of asthmatic patients measurement of the serum level of allergen specific. IgE would appear to have little advantage over properly performed prick tests.

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PubMed1973

New type of allergic asthma due to IgG "reaginic" antibody.

This study was undertaken to examine the possibility that IgE is not the only immunoglobulin responsible for immediate allergic reactions. A group of asthmatics were investigated in whom immediate allergic reactivity of the bronchi to common inhalant allergens had been confirmed by provocation tests. Their sera were fractionated and the reaginic activity of the immunoglobulin classes was studied by passive cutaneous anaphylaxis testing in monkeys. The results showed that the immediate allergic reactions were due to IgE antibodies in most patients, but there was a group with reactions due to short-term anaphylactic IgG antibodies. It was not possible to inhibit the IgG-mediated responses with disodium cromoglycate. As these two groups had clearly different serum IgE levels the estimation of IgE provided an important guide to the management of these patients.

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Allergic alveolitis due to wood-rot fungi.

Farmer's lung is rare in Australia whereas allergic alveolitis due to domestic fungal exposure ("domestic allergic alveolitis") is common. However there has been no systematic analysis of the fungi responsible for domestic allergic alveolitis in Australia. The aim of this study was to determine the sources and types of fungi that cause this type of alveolitis in Australia. Twelve subjects with recently diagnosed, biopsy proved, alveolitis thought on clinical grounds to be due to domestic fungal exposure were studied. The houses of all subjects were inspected, and fungal samples were taken. All lived in substandard inner city dwellings. Extensive wood decay was found in 10/12 while 4/12 also had obvious fungal growth on damp walls. Twelve fungal species were identified including Serpula lacrymans (8/12), Paecilomyces variottii (6/12), Aspergillus fumigatus (5/12), and Leucogyrophana pinastri (2/12). No single fungal group predominated. Nine of 12 patients showed positive precipitin results to one or more of the isolated fungi. Inhalation tests were done with extracts of Serpula lacrymans, Geotrichum candidum, and Aspergillus fumigatus in six of the patients and a positive late response to one or more of the fungi was observed in five of these. Relocation of the patients to a new dwelling resulted in improvement in each case.

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