Open AccessSoybean allergy in a population with a low prevalence of betulacae pollen allergy and a high soybean consumption
Author(s) -
Fukutomi Yuma,
Sjölander Sigrid,
Borres Magnus,
Nakazawa Takuya,
Ishii Toyota,
Nakayama Satoshi,
Tanaka Akira,
Taniguchi Masami,
Saito Akemi,
Yasueda Hiroshi,
Nakamura Hiroyuki,
Akiyama Kazuo
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical and translational allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.979
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2045-7022
DOI - 10.1186/2045-7022-1-s1-p89
Subject(s) - medicine , allergy , sensitization , immunoglobulin e , pollen , immunology , population , antibody , botany , environmental health , biology
Methods The aim of this study was to elucidate the prevalence of sensitization to rGly m 4 in adults with soybean allergy, and to analyze the diagnostic efficiency of the IgE antibody to rGly m 4 (ImmunoCAP) in soybean allergy in central Japan. Twenty-one soybean-allergic patients were prospectively recruited from Jan. to Dec. 2009, and their levels of IgE antibody to rGly m 4 were compared with those of general alder pollen-allergic control subjects without soybean allergy (n=85).