Circulatory basophilia in guinea pigs with delayed‐type hypersensitivity: Topical antigenic provocation induces circulatory basophilia

D. Sompolinsky, T. Katzenstein, L. Lundberg

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Abstract

Circulatory basophilia could be induced in inbred guinea pigs systematically immunized with ovalbumin and consequently provoked repeatedly with dissolved ovalbumin applied onto the mucosa of the nares or the outer eye. The degree of the increase in circulatory basophil granulocytes depended on the adjuvant used and was significantly more pronounced after immunization with Freund's complete adjuvant than with alhydrogel (A1(OH)3). The degree of basophilia was also dependent on the animal strain, but different in two strains selected for high‐asthma trait.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)303-308
Number of pages6
JournalAllergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume47
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1992
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • antigen‐induced
  • basophilia
  • guinea pigs, inbred
  • hereditary
  • hypersensitivity, cell‐mediated

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