Title : In chronic spontaneous urticaria, IgE against staphylococcal enterotoxins is common and functional.

Pub. Date : 2018 Jul

PMID : 29315616






4 Functional Relationships(s)
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1 Recently, increased rates of elevated levels of IgE towards Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins (SEs) were described in CSU. ses immunoglobulin heavy constant epsilon Homo sapiens
2 AIM: To assess the prevalence and functional relevance of IgE to SEs in CSU. ses immunoglobulin heavy constant epsilon Homo sapiens
3 Specific IgE to one of the SEs, Staphylococcus enterotoxin B (SEB), was present in 5 (33%) of 15 randomly selected CSU patients vs 3 (20%) of HC. ses immunoglobulin heavy constant epsilon Homo sapiens
4 DISCUSSION: IgE against SEs may contribute to the pathogenesis of CSU in a subpopulation of patients. ses immunoglobulin heavy constant epsilon Homo sapiens