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Application of Biochip Microfluidic Technology to Detect Serum Allergen-specific Immunoglobulin E (sIgE)
Published on: April 21, 2019
The ImmunoCAP ISAC molecular allergology approach in adult multi-sensitized Italian patients with respiratory
Giovanni Melioli1, Floriano Bonifazi, Sergio Bonini
1Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, UO Laboratorio di Analisi, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy. giovannimelioli@gmail.com
Objectives:
To evaluate the performances of an allergen microarray in multi-sensitized allergic patients with respiratory symptoms.
Design And Methods:
321 patients and 92 controls were included in this study. Specific serum IgE were assayed using ImmunoCAP ISAC, a microarray containing 103 components derived from 47 allergens and results were compared with extract-based ImmunoCAP Allergens sIgE to 15 common airborne allergens.
Results:
The reproducibility of ISAC was good. The Positive Percent Agreement (PPA) varied between 75% and 100% for sIgE levels above 1 kUA/l. For samples with sIgE levels below 0.1 kUA/l, the Negative Percent Agreement (NPA) ranged between 90% and 100%. Notably, 58% of respiratory allergy patients had IgE to food-specific proteins and 52% resulted sensitized to cross-reactive pan-allergens.
Conclusion:
ImmunoCAP ISAC detects allergen sensitization at component level and adds important information by defining both cross and co-sensitization to a large variety of allergen molecules.
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