Sensitivity of skin and bronchial mucosa to green algae
| Autor: | Robert S. Safferman, I.Leonard Bernstein |
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| Rok vydání: | 1966 |
| Předmět: |
Allergy
biology Skin reactivity Chlorella vulgaris Bronchial mucosa Eukaryota General Medicine medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Skin Diseases Microbiology Precipitating antibodies biology.protein medicine Hypersensitivity Respiratory Hypersensitivity Humans Green algae Respiratory system Antibody Skin Tests |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of allergy. 38(3) |
| ISSN: | 0021-8707 |
| Popis: | Six green algal strains were examined for their possible allergenicity to humans. Of 79 atopic patients tested with algal extracts, 47 gave positive skin tests. Non-atopic individuals showed no skin reactivity. Skin-sensitizing antibodies were passively transferred from 6 of 8 patients tested with Chlorella vulgaris. In the same group of patients, precipitating antibodies were not observed. Bronchial mucosal tests, evaluated by changes in the peak expiratory flow rate and by the appearance of clinical wheezing, were performed on 8 patients in whom cutaneous reactivity had been pronounced. Positive responses to acrosolized extracts of Chlorella vulgaris were obtained in 5 of these patients. These results suggest that positive skin tests to green algae are immunologically significant and that these organisms may be etiological agents in human respiratory allergies. |
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