Reduction of the Number of Major Representative Allergens: From Clinical Testing to 3-Dimensional Structures
Figure 1
IDT results of 62 allergenic sources on 3,335 patients. The allergenic sources were grouped into 4 panels: (a) pollen; (b) contactant; (c) microbes; (d) food. The top 5 most potent allergenic sources were compared to all other allergenic sources and displayed on each panel. “A&B hair” in (b) denotes mix of animal fur and bird feather. The same bar color represents cosensitization among different allergenic sources. And the length of different color bars indicates the proportion of positively sensitized subjects. The different color at the very top of each bar represents the specific positives of each allergenic source. The rightmost curve denotes the total proportion in each allergenic source of the positive cases cosensitized to the top five allergenic sources. Spring pollen is produced by Acacia confusa Merr., pine tree, cedar, paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera), waxberry (Morella rubra), Chinese Mulberry (Morus australis Poir.), and Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis R.). Summer pollen originates from maize, Australian pine (Casuarina equisetifolia), Chinaberry (Melia azedarach), and Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. Autumn pollen comes from Mallotus apelta, Humulus scandens, mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), Vitex negundo, and Dioscorea benthamii. Winter pollen is from cajeput (Melaleuca leucadendra L.) and Bauhinia blakeana Dunn.
