Measurement of murine IgE antibody responses to dust mite allergens by in vitro assay.

  • Authors:
    • Y Ma
    • B Gunn
    • V S Byers
    • R W Baldwin
    • M R Price
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  • Published online on: June 1, 1999     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.3.6.621
  • Pages: 621-625
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Abstract

In an analysis of murine immune responses to the dust mite allergen Der p 1, treatment with purified allergen induced a significant increase in the level of circulating IgE immunoglobulin (from less than 100 ng/ml in normal mice to 1,350 ng/ml in mice receiving the allergen). Even so, specific IgE antibodies binding to purified Der p 1 were not detected in a conventional ELISA, and the major response appeared to be the induction of high titre IgG antibodies. Specific circulating murine IgE antibodies were however detected using the following assay format: murine IgE was captured to anti-murine IgE antibody coated wells; Der p 1 was added and bound by immobilized anti-Der p 1 IgE antibodies; the captured Der p 1 was then detected by the addition of monoclonal IgG antibodies against Der p 1 and these antibodies were measured by the addition of anti-murine IgG antibody-enzyme conjugate with which colour development is produced after substrate addition. This assay establishes a procedure to measure circulating anti-Der p 1 IgE antibodies which are present together with competing high titre IgG anti-Der p 1 antibodies.

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Ma Y, Gunn B, Byers V, Baldwin R and Price M: Measurement of murine IgE antibody responses to dust mite allergens by in vitro assay.. Int J Mol Med 3: 621-625, 1999
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Ma, Y., Gunn, B., Byers, V., Baldwin, R., & Price, M. (1999). Measurement of murine IgE antibody responses to dust mite allergens by in vitro assay.. International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 3, 621-625. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.3.6.621
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Ma, Y., Gunn, B., Byers, V., Baldwin, R., Price, M."Measurement of murine IgE antibody responses to dust mite allergens by in vitro assay.". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 3.6 (1999): 621-625.
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Ma, Y., Gunn, B., Byers, V., Baldwin, R., Price, M."Measurement of murine IgE antibody responses to dust mite allergens by in vitro assay.". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 3, no. 6 (1999): 621-625. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.3.6.621