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ArticleAllergy2024

Improved quality control of allergen products: Assessing the molecular allergen composition by mass spectrometry.

Steffen Augustin, Thomas Eichhorn, Martin Wald, Frank Fischer, Marek Jutel, Oliver Pfaar, Christoph Willers

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Article in Allergy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors.

Steffen AugustinAllergopharma GmbH & Co, Reinbek, Germany.ORCID 0009-0009-3927-1645
Thomas EichhornMerck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Martin WaldAllergopharma GmbH & Co, Reinbek, Germany.
Frank FischerMerck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Marek JutelALL-MED Medical Research Institute, Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1555-9379
Oliver PfaarDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Rhinology and Allergy, University Hospital Marburg, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4374-9639
Christoph WillersAllergopharma GmbH & Co, Reinbek, Germany.

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Allergopharma GmbH & Co. KG
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNatural allergen sources contain a variety of allergens, against which allergic subjects have developed individual sensitization profiles. Ideal allergen products for skin prick testing (SPT) and allergen immunotherapy (AIT) should contain the complete set of allergens of the respective allergen sources to cover all sensitization profiles. However, commercially available allergen products were shown to vary regarding their allergen composition.

methodsThe qualitative allergen composition of different SPT and AIT products produced from pollen of grasses, birch, mugwort and from house dust mites was assessed by a consistent high-resolution liquid chromatography-coupled tandem mass spectrometry method (LC-MS/MS).

resultsAll major, mid-tier and most minor allergens were detected in each of the investigated three batches of SPT and AIT products, demonstrating the completeness of the allergen composition and a high degree of batch-to-batch consistency.

conclusionThis is the first study using a single consistent high-resolution LC-MS/MS method to provide solid data on the qualitative allergen composition of SPT and AIT products manufactured from various common allergen sources. The applied method showed high reliability in qualitative batch-to-batch consistency testing and can be performed fast and with high throughput. High-resolution LC-MS/MS is applicable for process development and quality control to ensure market availability of allergen products corresponding to the composition of the respective natural allergen sources.

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AllergensQuality ControlTandem Mass SpectrometryAnimalsChromatography, LiquidDesensitization, ImmunologicHumansMass SpectrometryPollenReproducibility of ResultsSkin TestsAllergensallergen compositionallergen immunotherapyallergen productshouse dust mitesmass spectrometry

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PMID39445581
PMCPMC11657028

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