Allergens of mammalian origin : IV. Evidence for common allergens in cat and dog serum |
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Authors: | John L. Ohman Jr. M.D. Kurt J. Bloch M.D. Stephen Kendall B.S. Francis C. Lowell M.D. |
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Affiliation: | 1. From the Allergy, Clinical Immunology, and Arthritis Units of the Medical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass., USA;2. From the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Boston, Mass., USA |
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Abstract: | IgE antibodies present in serum from 3 patients clinically sensitive to cat and dog were shown to combine with whole cat and dog sera linked to cellulose particles. Employing a modified radioallergosorbent technique (RAST), it was shown that cat and dog sera inhibited the binding of IgE antibodies to insolubilized cat serum and to insolubilized dog serum. These findings suggest that cat and dog sera have common allergens. Other mammalian sera were also tested and found to have little inhibitory activity. Cat and dog sera did not inhibit the binding of IgE antiragweed antibodies to an insolubilized ragweed fraction. Following separation of cat serum by gel filtration on Sephadex G-200 or electrophoresis in acrylamide gel, several fractions were found to inhibit the binding of IgE antibodies to insolubilized cat and dog sera. Whether the heterogeneity observed reflects the presence of single allergens with diverse size and charge properties or multiple allergens remains to be determined. |
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Keywords: | Reprint requests to: Dr. John L. Ohman Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Mass. 02114. |
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