Reliable mite-specific IgE testing in nasal secretions by means of allergen microarray

Affiliations

• ¹ Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Laboratory of Immunoregulation, VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: margot.berings@ugent.be.
• ² Department of Pediatric Pneumology & Immunology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Department of Pediatrics-Allergy Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
• ³ Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
• ⁴ Department of Pediatric Pneumology & Immunology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
• ⁵ Division of Immunopathology, Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
• ⁶ Division of Immunopathology, Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Christian Doppler Laboratory for the development of allergen chips, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
• ⁷ Department of Pediatrics-Allergy Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
• ⁸ Laboratory of Immunoregulation, VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
• ⁹ Laboratory of Immunoregulation, VIB Inflammation Research Center, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Clinical Immunology Research Lab, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.