Does hyperimmunoglobulinemia-E protect tropical populations from allergic disease?

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1983, Pages 184-188

  Larrick, James W ^a,b,c,d,e   Buckley III, C Edward ^a,b,c,d,e   Machamer, Carolyn E ^a,b,c,d,e   Schlagel, Gregory D ^a,b,c,d,e   Yost, James A ^a,b,c,d,e   Blessing Moore, J ^a,b,c,d,e   Levy, David ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Summer Institute of Linguistics ^*  (Ecuador)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY; BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAST CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSITIZATION;

ECUADOR; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLLEN; SKIN TESTS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0020676315     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-6749(83)90097-0     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Structure and function of human immunoglobulin E
2. Reaginic antibodies and helminth infection
3. The influence of serum IgE levels of selected recipients, including patients with allergy, helminthiasis, and tuberculosis on the apparent P-K titre of reaginic serum
4. Asthma and IgE levels in rural and urban communities of the Gambia
5. Allergy and parasites: the measurement of total and specific IgE levels in urban and rural communities in Rhodesia
6. Patterns of health and disease among the Waorani Indians of eastern Ecuador
7. Infectious disease patterns in the Waorani, an isolated Amerindian population
8. Population differences in methacholine responsiveness and serum IgE concentrations
9. Hyperimmunoglobulinemia E in the Waorani an isolated Amerindian population
10. The methacholine induced cutaneous flare response bivariate analysis of sensitivity and responsiveness
11. Microtiter solid-phase radioimmunoassay for specific immunoglobulin E
12. Serum IgE levels in forty families studied for two or three years
13. Immunoglobulin levels in Ethiopian pre-school children with special reference to high concentrations of immunoglobulin E (IgND)
14. Effects of allergy, intestinal helminthic infestation and sex on serum IgE concentration and immediate skin test hypersensitivity in three ethnic groups
15. Lessons from a “primitive people”
16. Potentiation of rat reaginic (IgE) antibody by helminth infection. Simultaneous potentiation of separate reagins
17. Analysis of triggering events in mast cells for immunoglobulin E-mediated histamine release
18. The receptor for IgE on mast cells and basophils: studies on IgE binding and on the structure of the receptor
19. Mechanisms of passive sen sitization III Number of IgE molecules and their receptor sites on human basophil granulocytes
20. Measurement of IgE on human basophils: relation to serum IgE and anti-IgE induced histamine release
21. Allergic sensitization of human lung fragments prevented by saturation of IgE binding sites
22. The experimental inhibition of reagin mediated reactions
23. Inhibition of allergic reactions due to competition for mast cell sensitization sites by two reagins
24. Receptor cross-linking and histamine release. I. The quantitative dependence of basophil degranulation on the number of receptor doublets
25. Distribution of mast cells as a function of age and exposure to carcinogenic agents
26. Role of the mast cell in the defense against gut parasites
27. Total serum IgE influence on the anaphylactic and 48/80 induced histamine release from isolated rat mast cells