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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2018

Non-Digestible Oligosaccharides Can Suppress Basophil Degranulation in Whole Blood of Peanut-Allergic Patients.

Simone M Hayen, Constance F den Hartog Jager, André C Knulst, Edward F Knol, Johan Garssen, Linette E M Willemsen, Henny G Otten

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Food Allergy: Searching for the Modern Environmental Culprit.The Yale journal of biology and medicine · 2020
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  4. Role of the Microbiome in Allergic Disease Development.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2020
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Simone M HayenDepartment of Dermatology/Allergology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Constance F den Hartog JagerDepartment of Dermatology/Allergology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
André C KnulstDepartment of Dermatology/Allergology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Edward F KnolDepartment of Dermatology/Allergology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Johan GarssenDivision of Pharmacology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Linette E M WillemsenDivision of Pharmacology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Henny G OttenLaboratory of Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
University Medical Center Utrecht · NLUtrecht University · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Dietary non-digestible oligosaccharides (NDOs) have a protective effect against allergic manifestations in children at risk. Dietary intervention with NDOs promotes the colonization of beneficial bacteria in the gut and enhances serum galectin-9 levels in mice and atopic children. Next to this, NDOs also directly affect immune cells and low amounts may reach the blood. We investigated whether pre-incubation of whole blood from peanut-allergic patients with NDOs or galectin-9 can affect basophil degranulation. Methods: Heparinized blood samples from 15 peanut-allergic adult patients were pre-incubated with a mixture of short-chain galacto-oligosaccharides and long-chain fructo-oligosaccharides (scGOS/lcFOS), scFOS/lcFOS, or galectin-9 (1 or 5 µg/mL) at 37°C in the presence of IL-3 (0.75 ng/mL). After 2, 6, or 24 h, a basophil activation test was performed. Expression of FcεRI on basophils, plasma cytokine, and chemokine concentrations before degranulation were determined after 24 h. Results: Pre-incubation with scGOS/lcFOS, scFOS/lcFOS, or galectin-9 reduced anti-IgE-mediated basophil degranulation. scFOS/lcFOS or 5 µg/mL galectin-9 also decreased peanut-specific basophil degranulation by approximately 20%, mainly in whole blood from female patients. Inhibitory effects were not related to diminished FcεRI expression on basophils. Galectin-9 was increased in plasma after pre-incubation with scGOS/lcFOS, and both NDOs and 5 µg/mL galectin-9 increased MCP-1 production. Conclusion and clinical relevance: The prebiotic mixture scFOS/lcFOS and galectin-9 can contribute to decreased degranulation of basophils

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ImmunomodulationAdolescentAdultAllergensArachisBasophilsBiomarkersCell DegranulationCytokinesDietary SupplementsFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin EMaleMiddle AgedOligosaccharidesAllergensBiomarkersCytokinesImmunoglobulin EOligosaccharidesReceptors, IgEbasophil degranulationfood allergygalectin-9immunomodulationnon-digestible oligosaccharides

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