Immune responsiveness to Ambrosia artemishfolia (short ragweed) pollen allergen Amb a VI (Ra6) is associated with HLA-DR5 in allergic humans |
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Authors: | David G Marsh Linda R Freidhoff Eva Ehrlich-Kautzky Wilma B Bias Marianne Roebber |
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Institution: | (1) Divisions of Clinical Immunology and Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine at The Good Samaritan Hospital, 21239 Baltimore, MD, USA |
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Abstract: | The relationship between HLA type and specific immune responsiveness toward ultrapure Ambrosia artemisiifolia (short ragweed) pollen allergen Amb a VI (Ra6) was explored in a genetic-epidemiologic study of groups of 116 and 81 Caucasoid subjects who were skin-test \ positive (ST–) toward common environmental allergens. Specific immune responsiveness to Amb a VI was assessed by measuring serum IgE and IgG antibodies (Abs) by double Ab radioimmunoassay in both ST– groups. Significant associations were found between IgE Ab responsiveness to Amb a VI and the possession of HLA-DR5; P values for the two groups were, respectively, 7 × 10–7 and 1 × 10–3 by nonparametric analyses, and 4 × 10–11 and 5 × 10–8 by parametric analyses. The levels of significance for the associations between HLA-DR5 and IgG Ab responsiveness were highly dependent on the extent of ragweed immunotherapy (Rx) within the patient group; by parametric statistics, the associations were 10–11 for the group that had received relatively little Rx and 2 × 10–3 for the group that had received more intensive Rx. These results provide further striking evidence for the existence of specific HLA-linked human Ir genes involved in responsiveness toward inhaled allergens and illustrate the usefulness of the allergy model in studies of the genetic basis of human immune responsiveness. Extension of these studies to investigation of structure-function relationships involved in antigen recognition by Ia molecules and the T-cell receptor will lead to a better understanding of human susceptibility toward immunologic diseases.Abbreviations used in this paper Ab
antibody
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Amb a VI
Amb a V, new IUIS nomenclature for Ambrosia artemisiifolia pollen allergens nos. 6 and 5 (short ragweed Ra6 and Ra5) (Marsh et al. 1986b)
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Lol p II, III
new IUIS nomenclature for Lolium perenne pollen allergens II and III (perennial rye grass, Rye II and Rye III) (Marsh et al. 1986b)
- BBS
borate-buffered physiologic saline
- BSA
bovine serum albumin
- DARIA
double-antibody radioimunoassay
- Ia
immune-associated
- PAGE
polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
- RIST
radioimmunosorbent test
- Rx
immunotherapy
- SDS
sodium dodecyl sulfate
- ST
skin test |
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