Relationship of indoor allergen exposure to skin test sensitivity in inner-city children with asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 102, Issue 4 II, 1998, Pages 563-570

  Eggleston, Peyton A ^a,k   Rosenstreich, David ^b   Lynn, Henry ^c   Gergen, Peter ^f   Baker, Dean ^d   Kattan, Meyer ^e   Mortimer, Kathleen M ^c   Mitchell, Herman ^c   Ownby, Dennis ^g   Slavin, Raymond ^h   Malveaux, Floyd ^i,j  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^g MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^h SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j National Cooperative Inner City Asthma Study

^k JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Allergens; Cat; Cockroach; Dust mite; Skin test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CAT; CHILD; CITY; COCKROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0031794757     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(98)70272-6     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Platts-Mills TAE, Vervloet D, Thomas WR, Aalberse RC, Chapman MD. Indoor allergens and asthma: report of the third international workshop. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1997;100:S1-24.
2. Chapman MD, Heymann PW, Wilkins SR, Brown MJ, Platts-Mills TAE. Monoclonal immunoassays for major house dust mite (Dermatophagoides) allergens Der p I and Derf I and quantitative analysis of allergen content of mite and house dust extracts. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1987;80:184-94.
3. Chapman MD, Aalberse RC, Brown MJ, Platts-Mills TAE. Monoclonal antibodies to the major feline allergen Fel d I. II. Single step affinity purification of Fel d I, N-terminal sequence analysis and development of a sensitive two-site immunoassay to assess Eel d I exposure. J Immunol 1988;140:812-8.
4. Pollart S, Smith TF, Morris EC, Gelber LE, Platts-Mills TAE, Chapman MD. Environmental exposure to cockroach allergens: analysis with monoclonal antibody-based enzyme immunoassays. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1995;87:505-10.
5. Platts-Mills TAE, Thomas WR, Aalberse RC, Vervloet D, Chapman MD. Dust mite allergens and asthma: report of a second international workshop. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1992;89:1046-60.
6. Peat JK, Tovey E, Toelle BG, Haby MM, Gray EJ, Mahmic A, et al. House dust mite allergens. A major risk factor for childhood asthma in Australia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996;153:141-6.
7. Sporik R, Holgate ST, Platts-Mills TAE, Cogswell JJ. Exposure to house-dust mite allergen (Der p I) and the development of asthma in childhood. N Engl J Med 1990;323:502-7.
8. Kuehr J, Frischer T, Meinert R, Barth R, Forster J, Schraub S, et al. Mite allergen exposure is a risk for the incidence of specific sensitization. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1994;94:44-52.
9. Rosenstreich DL, Eggleston P, Kattan M, Baker D, Slavin RD, Gergen P, et al. The role of cockroach allergy and exposure to cockroach allergen in causing morbidity among inner-city children with asthma. N Engl J Med 1997;336:1356-63.
10. Mitchell H, Senturia Y, Gergen P, Baker D, Joseph C, McNiff K, et al. Design and methods of the National Cooperative Inner-City Asthma Study. Pediatr Pulmonol 1997;24:237-52.
11. Berkowitz RB, Tinkelman DG, Lutz C, Crummie A, Smith K, et al. Evaluation of the Multi-Test device for immediate hypersensitivity skin testing. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1992;90:979-85.
12. Wood RA, Eggleston PA, Ingemann L, Schwartz B, Graveson S, Terry D, et al. Antigenic analysis of household dust samples. Am Rev Respir Dis 1988;137:358-66.
13. Kattan M, Mitchell H, Eggleston P, Gergen P, Crain E, Redline S, et al. Characteristics of inner-city children with asthma: the National Cooperative Inner-City Asthma Study. Pediatr Pulmonol 1997;24:253-62.
14. Westfall PH, Young SS. Resampling-based multiple testing: examples and methods for p-value adjustment. New York: John Wiley & Sons; 1993.
15. Lau S, Falkenhurst G, Weber A, Werthmann I, Lind P, Buettner-Goetz P, et al. High mite-allergen exposure increases the risk of sensitization in atopic children and young adults. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1989;84:718-25.
16. Zeiger RS, Heller S, Mellon MH, Halsey JF, Hamburger RN, Sampson HA. Genetic and environmental factors affecting the development of atopy through age 4 in children of atopic parents: a prospective randomized study of food allergen avoidance. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 1992;3:110-27.
17. Hide DW, Matthews S, Matthews L, Stevens M, Ridout S, Twiselton R, et al. Effect of allergen avoidance on allergic manifestations at age two years. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1994;93:842-6.
18. Botham PA, Lamb CT, Teasdale EL, Bonner SM, Tomenson JA. Allergy to laboratory animals: a follow up study of its incidence and the influence of atopy and pre-existing sensitization on its development. Occup Environ Med 1995;52:129-33.
19. Fine AJ, Abram LE. The period of sensitization in immigrant hay fever patients. J Allergy 1960;31:375-80.
20. Gergen PJ, Turkeltaub PC, Kovar MG. The prevalence of allergic skin test reactivity to eight aeroallergens in the US population: results from the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1987;80:669-79.
21. Barbee RA, Halonen M, Lebowitz M, Burrows B. Distribution of IgE in a community population sample: correlations with age, sex, and allergen skin test reactivity. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1981;68:106-11.
22. Gleich GJ, Jacob GL, Yunginger JW, Henderson LL. Measurement of the absolute levels of IgE antibodies in patients with ragweed hay fever. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1977;60:188-98.
23. Vervloet D, Penaud A, Razzouk H, Senft M, Arnaud A, Boutin C, et al. Altitude and house dust mites. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1982;69:290-6.
24. Munir AKM, Einarsson R, Schou C, Dreborg SK. Allergen in school dust. I. The amount of major cat (Pel d 1) and dog (Can f 1) allergens in dust from Swedish schools is high enough to probably cause perennial symptoms in most children with asthma who are sensitized to cat and dog. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1993;91:1067-74.
25. Sarpong SB, Wood RA, Karrison T, Eggleston PA. Cockroach allergen (Bla g 1) in school dust. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1997;99:486-92.
26. Arruda LK, Vailes LD, Mann BJ, Shannon J, Fox JW, Vedvick TS, et al. Molecular cloning of a major cockroach (Blatella germanica) allergen, Bla g 2: sequence homology to the aspartic proteases. J Biol Chem 1995;270:19563-8.
27. Bollinger ME, Eggleston PA, Flanagan E, Wood RA. Cat antigen in homes with and without cats may induce allergic symptoms. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1996;97:907-14.