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ArticleGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2022

Relationship among total tear IgE, specific serum IgE, and total serum IgE levels in patients with pollen-induced allergic conjunctivitis.

Yasuo Yamana, Satoshi Yamana, Eiichi Uchio

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Article in Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yasuo YamanaYamana Eye Clinic, Fukuoka, Japan. yamanaganka@yamana.or.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8852-2193
Satoshi YamanaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Eiichi UchioDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Fukuoka University · JPKyushu University · JPUniversity of Yamanashi Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRecently, the number of patients with pollinosis, particularly Japanese cedar pollinosis, has markedly increased. We previously reported about local allergic conjunctivitis, which is a phenotype of allergic conjunctivitis (AC). AC cases are often sensitized by various antigens. This study aimed to investigate the relationship among total tear IgE (t-tIgE), specific serum IgE (s-sIgE), and total serum IgE (t-sIgE) levels in patients with pollen-induced AC.

methodsIn 2019, 1372 patients were clinically diagnosed with AC at the Yamana Eye Clinic using t-tIgE, t-sIgE, and s-sIgE tests against 39 allergens. Among the pollen-induced AC patients who underwent allergen testing, 99 tested positives for s-sIgE against pollen. The subjects comprised 33 (33.3%) male and 66 (66.7%) female individuals aged 9-86 years.

resultsThe t-tIgE test was positive in 68 (68.7%) patients and negative in 31 (31.3%) patients. In the t-sIgE test, 45 (45.5%) patients had t-sIgE levels above the reference value of 170 IU/mL. The higher the total score of the positive class value of each pollen-specific IgE (pollen-sIgE) antibody, the higher the positive rate of t-tIgE (p < 0.001). Of 32 patients in whom food-specific IgE (food-sIgE) was detected, 81.3% of the pollen-sIgE-positive and food-sIgE-positive cases were also positive for t-sIgE and t-tIgE. However, significant difference was not found between the total score of food-sIgE of the t-tIgE positive group and negative group.

conclusionsPollen-induced AC is caused by pollen sensitization of the conjunctiva. Food-induced AC might be induced by the different pathological mechanism involved in pollen-induced AC.

Indexed as

Conjunctivitis, AllergicAllergensHumansImmunoglobulin EPollenTearsAllergensImmunoglobulin EFood-induced allergic conjunctivitisPollen-induced allergic conjunctivitisSpecific serum IgETotal serum IgETotal tear IgE

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PMID34415364
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