Evaluation of the Luciferase Assay-Based In Vitro Elicitation Test for Serum IgE

Background: An in vitro elicitation test employing human high-affinity IgE receptor-expressing rat mast cell lines appears to be a useful method for measuring mast cell activation using a patient's IgE and an allergen; however, such cell lines are sensitive to human complements in the serum. We...

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Main Authors: Ryosuke Nakamura, Ayano Ishiwatari, Masakazu Higuchi, Yoshimi Uchida, Rika Nakamura, Hiroshi Kawakami, Atsuo Urisu, Reiko Teshima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-01-01
Series:Allergology International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893015302392