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ArticlePostepy dermatologii i alergologii2018

The usefulness of the basophil activation test in monitoring specific immunotherapy with house dust mite allergens.

Ewa M Czarnobilska, Małgorzata Bulanda, Radosław Śpiewak

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Article in Postepy dermatologii i alergologii, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Ewa M CzarnobilskaDepartment of Clinical and Environmental Allergology, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
Małgorzata BulandaDepartment of Clinical and Environmental Allergology, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
Radosław ŚpiewakDepartment of Experimental Dermatology and Cosmetology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
Jagiellonian University · PL

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Abstract

introductionIn clinical practice, reliable tools for monitoring specific immunotherapy (SIT) are of utmost importance.

aimTo assess the usefulness of the basophil activation test (BAT) in monitoring SIT in paediatric patients with allergy to house dust mites (HDM). MATERIAL AND

methodsThirty-one children qualified for SIT with HDM, of whom 21 completed the SIT during the observation period. The BAT was carried out prior to commencing the SIT (time point BAT1) and upon finishing the initial pack of allergy vaccine (cumulative dose of allergen 12487.5 PNU; BAT2), as well as after the second vaccine pack (cumulative dose of allergen 23750.0 PNU; BAT3). Peripheral blood of the patients was stimulated with allergen solutions in five concentrations from 0.00225 ng/ml to 22.5 ng/ml. Basophil activation was measured by CD63 expression in flow cytometry.

resultsFor the allergen concentration of 0.225 ng/ml, a statistically significant decrease in median basophil activation was observed, from 51.29% at BAT1 to 8.48% at BAT2 (

conclusionsThere is a significant decrease in BAT results in the course of specific immunotherapy with HDM allergens in children, with the optimum allergen concentration for monitoring basophil response at 0.225 ng/ml. The CD-sens index seems to be a better monitoring parameter than the plain percentage of CD63-expressing basophils.

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basophil activation testCD-sensmonitoring of specific immunotherapy

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PMCPMC5872250
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