Immunochemical Characterization of Acacia Pollen Allergens and Evaluation of Cross-Reactivity Pattern with the Common Allergenic Pollens

Table 1

Clinical characteristics, total and specific IgE values, and skin reactivity of allergic patients.

Sample; number	Age; (years)/sex^1	Symptoms^2	Acacia specific IgE^3 (OD)	Total IgE (IU/mL)	Diameters (mm) of the papules obtained by prick test^4
					A. farnesiana	P. juliflora	S. kali	A. retroflexus	C. album	K. scoparia
Patients
1	34/M	L, N, E	0.9	181	7	5	8	9	10	9
2	41/M	N, E	2.33	453	8	9	10	30	11	11
3	39/F	L, N	2.71	156	5	7	16	11	10	9
4	14/F	L, N, E	1.11	165	7	9	7	5	14	11
5	12/M	L, N, E	1.10	123	5	6	4	3	2	0
6	10/M	L, N, E	1.19	313	6	5	10	10	9	8
7	29/F	L, N, E	1.89	345	7	8	8	7	11	5
8	43/F	N, E	1.98	234	6	7	10	12	11	12
9	21/M	N, E	2.07	381	7	9	10	10	12	11
10	26/F	N, E	0.89	225	5	7	10	9	10	11
11	26/F	L, N, E	1.02	468	5	5	10	7	12	8
12	23/F	L, N, E	0.85	265	6	8	13	9	10	10
13	30/M	N, E	1.63	167	7	7	10	7	8	9
14	21/F	L, N, E	1.50	275	7	9	10	10	11	12
15	70/M	L, N, E	1.97	187	6	6	12	11	15	10
16	43/F	N, E	1.85	212	8	7	12	8	11	10
17	32/F	L, N, E	1.94	250	6	8	10	11	13	15
18	46/F	L, N, E	1.52	261	5	7	10	7	9	10
19	34/F	N, E	1.42	301	5	6	5	5	4	0
20	13/M	N, E	2.01	463	8	9	12	5	8	6
21	22/M	N	2.21	280	9	8	8	8	6	7
22	17/F	L, N, E	2.02	302	8	10	8	7	5	5
23	61/M	N	1.04	186	5	6	9	10	9	10
24	66/M	L, N, E	2.10	293	10	12	9	8	6	7
25	10/M	L, N	1.83	220	8	7	4	4	5	0
26	33/M	L, N	1.55	214	7	7	10	10	9	9
27	40/F	L, N	1.65	122	5	5	10	9	11	9
28	53/F	N	1.87	200	7	9	8	8	9	10
29	46/M	N, E	1.91	192	7	6	10	9	10	10
30	43/M	L, N, E	2.15	284	7	7	8	7	9	5
31	19/F	L, N, E	1.92	187	8	7	9	8	9	6
32	36/F	L, N, E	1.89	156	7	8	15	23	25	15
33	19/F	L, N, E	1.29	360	7	10	10	9	10	10
34	37/F	N, E	1.93	267	7	8	12	12	11	11
35	32/M	N, E	1.87	228	7	9	8	9	10	10
36	51/M	N, E	2.11	358	7	8	14	13	11	12
37	28/F	L, N, E	1.60	294	6	8	12	11	11	10
38	29/M	L, N, E	1.96	304	6	7	18	16	18	14
39	44/M	N, E	2.02	418	6	8	10	8	9	9
40	40/M	N, E	2.12	315	8	9	13	18	16	17
41	38/F	N	2.09	480	7	8	8	9	9	6
42	40/F	N, E	1.72	257	6	7	8	7	9	5
Controls
44	28/F	—	0.09	32	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	45/F	—	0.05	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	32/M	—	0.06	88	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	38/M	—	0.10	65	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	22/M	—	0.05	22	0	0	0	0	0	0

1M: male; F: female.
²L: lungs symptoms (breathlessness, tight chest, cough, wheeze); N: nose symptoms (sneezing, runny, blocked); E: eyes symptoms (itching, dry).
³Levels of specific IgE to A. retroflexus pollen extract by ELISA (optical density at 450 nm).
⁴The mean wheal diameters are displayed in mm. Histamine diphosphate (10 mg/mL) positive control; glycerin-negative control.