Cytokine responses to egg protein in previously allergic children who developed tolerance naturally

Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2014 Dec;113(6):667-670.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2014.09.002. Epub 2014 Oct 1.

Authors

Anna B Fishbein¹, Nashmia Qamar¹, Kristin A Erickson¹, Mary J Kwasny², Miao Cai¹, Christine Szychlinski¹, Anne Marie Singh¹, Ramsay L Fuleihan³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
² Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: RFuleihan@luriechildrens.org.

PMID: 25282369
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2014.09.002

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Biomarkers / metabolism
Cells, Cultured
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Egg Hypersensitivity / immunology*
Egg Hypersensitivity / metabolism
Female
Humans
Immune Tolerance*
Immunoglobulin E / metabolism
Immunoglobulin G / metabolism
Interferon-gamma / metabolism
Interleukin-10 / metabolism
Interleukin-4 / metabolism
Interleukin-5 / metabolism
Leukocytes, Mononuclear / immunology
Leukocytes, Mononuclear / metabolism*
Male
Ovalbumin / pharmacology*

Substances

Biomarkers
IL10 protein, human
IL4 protein, human
IL5 protein, human
Immunoglobulin G
Interleukin-5
Interleukin-10
Interleukin-4
Immunoglobulin E
Interferon-gamma
Ovalbumin