... an allergoid birch pollen SCIT preparation. After up-dosing, the maintenance dose (0.5 mL) was given 3 times at biweekly intervals. The multicenter study was performed according to an open randomized, parallel-group design. Results: A total of 123 birch pollen-allergic patients (81 adults and 42 adolescents...

...Denis Caillaud; Sylvie Martin; Claire Segala; Jean-Pierre Besancenot; Bernard Clot; Michel Thibaudon; on behalf of the French Aerobiology Network Background: Most panel studies focusing on rhinitis and conjunctivitis symptoms and birch pollen have been performed on a linear basis and have...

... of the Th1 and Th2 type to birch over the first pollen seasons. Material and Methods: Blood samples were obtained from 21 prospectively followed children during the second to the seventh pollen season of life. IgG subclass antibodies to rBet v 1 were analyzed by ELISA, IgE antibodies to birch with Magic Lite...

...M. Hjelmroos; M.J. Schumacher; M. Van Hage-Hamsten To determine the variation of antigenic water soluble proteins in white birch ( Betula pendula ) pollen, extracts of pollen from different sides of individual trees were analyzed by isoelectric focusing (IEF), crossed immunoelectrophoresis...

...D.W. Fountain; B. Berggren; S. Nilsson; R. Einarsson Dot immunoblotting of crude extracts of various aerial parts of birch trees, using patient serum rich in birch pollen IgE, showed IgE-binding activity in leaves, buds, twigs, seeds, bark, and old male catkins. Seed extracts analysed by SDS-PAGE...

... belong to the Cupressaceae/Taxodiaceae family, and birch, ragweed, and two grasses, Kentucky blue and cultivated rye, using synthetic substrates, class-specific inhibitors, and zymography. The proteins released were analyzed by gel electrophoresis. Eicosanoid-like substances were measured by enzyme...

... airway disease due to birch pollen. Objective: We determined the release of the major birch pollen allergen Bet v 1 from pollen of birch trees growing in 2 different geographic regions in Germany for 2 consecutive years. Methods: Catkins were collected during pollination in 2002 and 2003 from 82 healthy...

.... By implementing a sensitive method, and pivotal clinical outcome parameters, we wanted to ascertain the utility of IgG4 as a clinical marker of decreased allergen-specific sensitivity to a common aeroallergen. Methods: Sera were drawn from 23 birch-pollen-allergic patients during a placebo-controlled clinical...

... epitopes with profilin from botanically unrelated airborne allergens. This study investigated the immunologic cross-reactivity between profilins from Parietaria , grass and birch pollen. Methods: 36 patients hypersensitive to birch profilin, Bet v 2, underwent SPT with Parietaria , and IgE to both whole...