CAST Leukotriene References

Drug allergy

• Bircher AJ et al.: CAST-ELISA testing for the diagnosis of immediate type allergic reactions to beta-lactam antibiotics; Allergy Clin. Immunol Int 8, 109-10 (1996)

• Miyahara H et al.: In vitro analysis of mediators of contact urticaria caused by cefotiam Hydrochloride; Allergy Int 45,51-3 (1996)

Pseudo-allergic Reaction to Drugs

• May A et al.: Means of increasing sensitivity of an in vitro diagnostic test for aspirin intolerance; Clin Exp Allergy 29, 1402-11 (1999)

• Czech W et al.: Release of sulfidoleukotrienes in vitro: Its relevance in the diagnosis of pseudo-allergy to acetylsalicylic acid; Inflamm Res 44, 291-5 (1995)

• Kubota Y et al.: Sulfidoleukotriene Release Test (CAST) in Hypersensitivity to Non-steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs; Int Arch Allergy Immunol 114, 361-6 (1997)

• Wedi B et al.: In Vitro Diagnosis of Pseudo-Allergic Reactions – New Aspects; ACI International 8/4 113-115 (1996)

Insect Venom Allergy

• Maly FE et al.: Interleukin-3 facilitated blood mononuclear cell sulfidoleukotriene generation and whole blood histamine release in honey bee and yellow jacket venom allergy. Allergy Clin Immunol Intern 8,111-25 (1996)

Pediatric Allergy Testing

• Szepfalusi Z et al.: Cord blood leucocytes/basophils produce and release sulfidoleukotrienes in response to allergen stimulation; Clin Exp Allergy 29(3), 282-7 (1999)

• Kalayci Ö et al.: The effect of cetirizine on sulfidoleukotriene production by blood leukocytes in children with allergic rhinitis; Allergy 50, 964-9 (1995)

• Tridon A et al.: Atopy parameters in asthmatic infants; J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 9(4), 222-8 (1999)

Food Allergies

• Czech W and Kapp A: Assessment of diagnostic in vitro procedures in pseudo-allergic reactions to food additives; 3. Statuskolloquium des PUG am 16./17.3.1994 im Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, 55-65 (1994)

• Vila, L, Sanz, M et al. Study of in vitro Sulphidoleukotriene Production in Food-Allergic Patients; Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology 11, 247-254 (2001)

• Moneret-Vautrin, D, Sainte-Laudy, J et al.: Human basophil activation measured by CD63 expression and LTC4 release in IgE-mediated food allergy; Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology 82, 33-40 (1999)

Others

• Ferrer M et al.: In vitro antigen-specific sulfidoleukotriene production in patients allergic to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; Clin Exp Allergy 28, 709-14 (1998)

• Medrala W et al.: Comparative study between skin prick tests and TOP-CAST allergen leukocyte stimulation in diagnosis of allergic status; J Invest Allergol Clin Immunol 7(2), 115-8 (1997)

• Marti E et al.: Sulfidoleukotriene generation from peripheral blood leukocytes of horses affected with insect bite dermal hypersensitivity; Vet Immunol Immunopath 71, 307-20 (1999)

• Ferrer M et al.: Effect of immunotherapy on allergen-specific production of sulfidoleukotriene and histamine; J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 8(5), 277-80 (1998)

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