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The quantity and quality of α-gal-specific antibodies differ in individuals with and without delayed red meat allergy.
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- The α-Gal epitope - the cause of a global allergic disease.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
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- The Two-Sided Experimental Model of ImmunoCAP Inhibition Test as a Useful Tool for the Examination of Allergens Cross-Reactivity on the Example of α-Gal and Mammalian Meat Sensitization-A Preliminary Study.Current issues in molecular biology · 2023Article
- Allergic response to medical products in patients with alpha-gal syndrome.The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2022Article
- The Quantification of IgG Specific to α-Gal Could Be Used as a Risk Marker for Suffering Mammalian Meat Allergy.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Where's the Beef? Understanding Allergic Responses to Red Meat in Alpha-Gal Syndrome.Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) · 2022Review
- The Meat of the Matter: Understanding and Managing Alpha-Gal Syndrome.ImmunoTargets and therapy · 2022Review
- Poly-L-Lysine-Based αGal-Glycoconjugates for Treating Anti-αGal IgE-Mediated Diseases.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Article
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- α-Gal specific-IgE prevalence and levels in Ecuador and Kenya: Relation to diet, parasites, and IgGThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2021Article
- The α-Gal Syndrome and Potential Mechanisms.Frontiers in allergy · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundIgG to galactose-α-1,3-galactose (α-gal) are highly abundant natural antibodies (Ab) in humans. α-Gal-specific IgE Ab cause a special form of meat allergy characterized by severe systemic reactions 3-7 h after consumption of red meat. We investigated 20 patients who experienced such reactions and characterized their α-gal-specific IgE and IgG responses in more detail.
methodsα-Gal-specific IgE was determined by ImmunoCAP. IgE reactivity to meat extract and bovine gamma globulin (BGG) was assessed by immunoblotting and ELISA, respectively. In some experiments, sera were pre-incubated with α-gal or protein G to deplete IgG Ab. α-Gal-specific IgG
resultsIn immunoblots, BGG was the most frequently recognized meat protein. Binding of IgE and IgG to BGG was confirmed by ELISA and completely abolished after pre-incubation with α-gal. Neither the depletion of autologous α-gal-specific IgG Ab nor the addition of α-gal-specific IgG Ab from nonallergic individuals changed the IgE recognition of BGG of meat-allergic patients. Meat-allergic patients showed significantly higher α-gal-specific IgG1 and IgG3 Ab than nonallergic individuals, whereas the latter showed significantly higher levels of α-gal-specific IgG4 Ab.
conclusionPatients with delayed meat allergy display IgE and IgG Ab that selectively recognize the α-gal epitope on BGG. Their enhanced α-gal-specific IgE levels are accompanied by high levels of α-gal-specific IgG1 devoid of IgE-blocking activity. This subclass distribution is atypical for food allergies and distinct from natural α-gal IgG responses in nonallergic individuals.
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