DETECTION of HUMAN LYMPHOCYTE-T RECEPTOR for SHEEP ERYTHROCYTES in IMMUNOREGULATORY ALPHA-GLOBULIN

ESCOLA PAULISTA MED,DEPT MICROBIOL IMMUNOL & PARASITOL,BR-04023 São Paulo,SP,BRAZILESCOLA PAULISTA MED,DEPT MICROBIOL IMMUNOL & PARASITOL,BR-04023 São Paulo,SP,BRAZILWeb of Scienc

QUANTITATION of the SOLUBLE RECEPTOR of HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES-T for SHEEP ERYTHROCYTES BY ELECTROIMMUNODIFFUSION in the SERUM of PATIENTS WITH CANCER, UREMIA and LEPROSY

ESCOLA PAULISTA MED,DISCIPLINA IMMUNOL,RUA BOTUCATU 862,BR-04023 São Paulo,SP,BRAZILESCOLA PAULISTA MED,DISCIPLINA IMMUNOL,RUA BOTUCATU 862,BR-04023 São Paulo,SP,BRAZILWeb of Scienc

HUMAN LYMPHOCYTE-T RECEPTOR for SHEEP ERYTHROCYTES - CHARACTERIZATION of A SPECIFIC ANTISERUM and ITS APPLICATION in the DETECTION and QUANTITATION of the RECEPTOR in A SOLUBLE FORM

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House dust and forage mite allergens and their role in human and canine atopic dermatitis

This article reviews the literature regarding the role of house dust and forage mite allergens in canine atopic dermatitis. The presence of immunoglobulin E (IgE) to these mites, especially to Dermatophagoides farinae, is common in both normal and atopic dogs. Exposure of dogs to the different mites is described both in the direct environment and in the coat of animals for house dust mites and in the food for forage mites. Allergens causing allergic disease in dogs seem to be different from those in humans. Dogs seem to react to high molecular weight allergens, compared to the low molecular weight group 1 and group 2 proteases that are commonly implicated in humans with atopic diseases. Despite numerous published studies dealing with this subject, a number of questions still need to be addressed to better understand the exact role of these mites in the pathogenesis of canine atopic dermatitis and to improve the quality of the allergens used in practice.T. J. Nuttall, Peter B. Hill, E. Bensignor, T. Willemse and the members of the International Task Force on Canine Atopic Dermatiti