Persistent cutaneous insulin allergy resulting from high-molecular-weight insulin aggregates

Autor: Terence M Phillips, Malcolm L Steiner, Robert E Ratner
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Diabetes. 39(6)
ISSN: 0012-1797
Popis: Cutaneous insulin allergy remains a clinical problem despite the use of highly purified human insulins. We used in vitro lymphocyte-transformation studies to examine the reactivity of various insulin formulations in diabetic patients with (n = 4) and without (n = 8) cutaneous allergies. Nonspecific response to concanavalin A demonstrated a >40-fold response in both groups. Control patients did not respond to the addition of commercial insulin preparations (stimulation index [SI]
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