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[Correlation of skin test to grass pollen with basophil degranulation test results in 72 patients (author's transl)]. 1979

J Dry, and F Leynadier, and H Luce

Seventy-two subjects have been tested by skin-test (ST) and human basophil degranulation test (HBDT) with grass pollen extract (GPE). HBDT was done, using a suspension enriched in basophils, by a technic on slide. Results are expressed by an index (DI) which is percentage of basophils having apparently disappeared (i. e. degranulated) in presence of GPE. No less than 100 intact basophils (and often many more) were always counted in absence of GPE (control) for each subject, so that DI higher than 35% are significant (p less than 0,001). DI were higher than 35% in 28 positive ST subjects for at less one of three dilutions of GPE (10(-4), 10(-6), 10(-8)); in the 5 subjects with false-negative result, 3 had a weak ST response. In 39 subjects with negative ST, DI were higher than 35% in two subjects and only for one dilution (10(-4)). So, concordance of results of HBDT and obviously positive ST reaches 94%. In 33 positive ST subjects, a significant correlation appears between DI (at 10(-4) and 10(-6)) and flare diameter and between DI (at 10(-4)) and wheals diameter. HBDT appears to be a suitable and simple technic for routinely study of reaginic allergies.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006967	Hypersensitivity	Altered reactivity to an antigen, which can result in pathologic reactions upon subsequent exposure to that particular antigen.	Allergy,Allergic Reaction,Allergic Reactions,Allergies,Hypersensitivities,Reaction, Allergic,Reactions, Allergic
D011058	Pollen	The fertilizing element of plants that contains the male GAMETOPHYTES.	Male Gametes, Plant,Male Gametophytes,Microspores, Plant,Plant Microspores,Pollen Grains,Gamete, Plant Male,Gametes, Plant Male,Gametophyte, Male,Gametophytes, Male,Grain, Pollen,Grains, Pollen,Male Gamete, Plant,Male Gametophyte,Microspore, Plant,Plant Male Gamete,Plant Male Gametes,Plant Microspore,Pollen Grain
D003594	Cytoplasmic Granules	Condensed areas of cellular material that may be bounded by a membrane.	Cytoplasmic Granule,Granule, Cytoplasmic,Granules, Cytoplasmic
D006109	Poaceae	A large family of narrow-leaved herbaceous grasses of the order Cyperales, subclass Commelinidae, class Liliopsida (monocotyledons). Food grains (EDIBLE GRAIN) come from members of this family. RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL can be induced by POLLEN of many of the grasses.	Alopecurus,Arundo,Gramineae,Grasses,Imperata,Grass,Imperata cylindrica
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001491	Basophils	Granular leukocytes characterized by a relatively pale-staining, lobate nucleus and cytoplasm containing coarse dark-staining granules of variable size and stainable by basic dyes.	Basophil
D012882	Skin Tests	Epicutaneous or intradermal application of a sensitizer for demonstration of either delayed or immediate hypersensitivity. Used in diagnosis of hypersensitivity or as a test for cellular immunity.	Skin Test,Test, Skin,Tests, Skin