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ArticleBMC gastroenterology2006

Rhinosinusitis derived Staphylococcal enterotoxin B plays a possible role in pathogenesis of food allergy.

Tao Liu, Bin-Quan Wang, Peng-Yuan Zheng, Shao-Heng He, Ping-Chang Yang

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Article in BMC gastroenterology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Tao LiuInstitute of Allergy and Department of Otolaryngology, First Hospital, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China. taoliu3@yahoo.com
Bin-Quan Wang
Peng-Yuan Zheng
Shao-Heng He
Ping-Chang Yang
First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University · CNMcMaster University · CANanjing Medical University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNShanxi Medical University · CN

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Abstract

backgroundStaphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) is a potent immunomodulator and implicated with pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases mediated by Th1 or Th2 dominant immune responses. The objective of this study is to determine a possible association between rhinosinusitis derived SEB and pathogenesis of food allergy (FA).

methodsThe study included chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) patients with FA (N = 46) or without FA (N = 33). Controls included FA patients without CRS (N = 26) and healthy volunteers (N = 25). In CRS patients, we assessed the parameters associated with FA including prick skin test (PST) reactivity to food allergens, serum levels of allergen-specific IgE and cytokines (IL-4, IL-13, IFN-I3), and the number/reactivity of food-allergen specific Th1/Th2 cells in the peripheral blood before and 2 months after sinus surgery. Changes of these parameters were evaluated in comparison with changes in SEB concentration in the sinus lavage and stool samples and also in vitro reactivity to SEB. In CRS patients with FA, we also assessed changes in reactivity to oral challenge of offending food before and after sinus surgery.

resultsTwo months following sinus surgery, we observed statistically significant reduction in PST and oral challenge reactivity in CRS patients with FA in parallel to decrease in serum levels of Th2 cytokines (IL-4 and IL-13) and allergen specific IgE. Improvement of reactivity to food allergens was positively associated with decline in SEB concentrations in the sinus lavage and stool samples. In vitro study results also indicated a role of SEB in aggravation of Th2 skewed responses to food allergens. Such changes were not observed in CRS-non FA patients or control FA patients.

conclusionThe rhinosinusitis derived SEB plays a certain role in the pathogenesis of FA by augmenting and/or maintaining polarized Th2 responses. Removal of SEB-producing pathogens from the rhinosinuses may be beneficial for attenuating the FA symptoms in patients with CRS-FA.

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AdultCell DifferentiationChronic DiseaseEndoscopyEnterotoxinsFemaleFood HypersensitivityHumansInterleukin-13Interleukin-4Lymphocyte CountMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesRhinitisSinusitisenterotoxin B, staphylococcalEnterotoxinsInterleukin-13Interleukin-4Superantigens

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