Alina Schwarz1, Valentina Panetta2, Antonio Cappella3, Stephanie Hofmaier1, Laura Hatzler1, Alexander Rohrbach1, Olympia Tsilochristou1, Carl-Peter Bauer4, Ute Hoffmann4, Johannes Forster5, Fred Zepp6, Antje Schuster7, Raffaele D'Amelio3, Ulrich Wahn1, Thomas Keil8, Susanne Lau1, Paolo Maria Matricardi9. 1. Department of Pediatric Pneumology & Immunology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. 2. L'altrastatistica srl, Consultancy & Training, Biostatistics Office, Rome, Italy. 3. Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, S. Andrea University Hospital, Rome, Italy. 4. Department of Pediatrics, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany. 5. Department of Pediatrics St Hedwig, St Josefs Hospital, Freiburg, Germany. 6. Department of Pediatrics, University Medicine Mainz, Mainz, Germany. 7. Department of Pediatrics, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany. 8. Institute of Clinical Epidemiology and Biometry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. 9. Department of Pediatric Pneumology & Immunology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: paolo.matricardi@charite.de.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Studies of a limited number of allergens suggested that nonsensitized children produce IgG responses mainly to foodborne allergens, whereas IgE-sensitized children also produce strong IgG responses to the respective airborne molecules. OBJECTIVE: We sought to systematically test the hypothesis that both the route of exposure and IgE sensitization affect IgG responses to a broad array of allergenic molecules in early childhood. METHODS: We examined sera of 148 children participating in the Multicentre Allergy Study, a birth cohort born in 1990. IgG to 91 molecules of 42 sources were tested with the ImmunoCAP Solid-Phase Allergen Chip (ISAC; TFS, Uppsala, Sweden). IgE sensitization at age 2 and 7 years was defined by IgE levels of 0.35 kUA/L or greater to 1 or more of 8 or 9 extracts from common allergenic sources, respectively. RESULTS: The prevalence and geometric mean levels of IgG to allergenic molecules in nonsensitized children were lower at age 2 years than in IgE-sensitized children, and they were extremely heterogeneous: highest for animal food (87% ± 13%; 61 ISAC Standardized Units [ISU], [95% CI, 52.5-71.5 ISU]), intermediate for vegetable food (48% ± 27%; 13 ISU [95% CI, 11.2-16.1 ISU]), and lowest for airborne allergens (24% ± 20%; 3 ISU [95% CI, 2.4-3.4 ISU]; P for trend < .001 [for percentages], P for trend < .001 [for levels]). IgG4 antibodies were infrequent (<5%) and contributed poorly (<3%) to overall IgG antibody levels. IgG responses at age 2 years were slightly more frequent and stronger among children with than in those without IgE sensitization at age 7 years. CONCLUSION: The children's repertoire of IgG antibodies at 2 years of age to a broad array of animal foodborne, vegetable foodborne, and airborne allergenic molecules is profoundly dependent on the route of allergen exposure and the child's IgE sensitization status and only marginally involves the IgG4 isotype.
BACKGROUND: Studies of a limited number of allergens suggested that nonsensitized children produce IgG responses mainly to foodborne allergens, whereas IgE-sensitized children also produce strong IgG responses to the respective airborne molecules. OBJECTIVE: We sought to systematically test the hypothesis that both the route of exposure and IgE sensitization affect IgG responses to a broad array of allergenic molecules in early childhood. METHODS: We examined sera of 148 children participating in the Multicentre Allergy Study, a birth cohort born in 1990. IgG to 91 molecules of 42 sources were tested with the ImmunoCAP Solid-Phase Allergen Chip (ISAC; TFS, Uppsala, Sweden). IgE sensitization at age 2 and 7 years was defined by IgE levels of 0.35 kUA/L or greater to 1 or more of 8 or 9 extracts from common allergenic sources, respectively. RESULTS: The prevalence and geometric mean levels of IgG to allergenic molecules in nonsensitized children were lower at age 2 years than in IgE-sensitized children, and they were extremely heterogeneous: highest for animal food (87% ± 13%; 61 ISAC Standardized Units [ISU], [95% CI, 52.5-71.5 ISU]), intermediate for vegetable food (48% ± 27%; 13 ISU [95% CI, 11.2-16.1 ISU]), and lowest for airborne allergens (24% ± 20%; 3 ISU [95% CI, 2.4-3.4 ISU]; P for trend < .001 [for percentages], P for trend < .001 [for levels]). IgG4 antibodies were infrequent (<5%) and contributed poorly (<3%) to overall IgG antibody levels. IgG responses at age 2 years were slightly more frequent and stronger among children with than in those without IgE sensitization at age 7 years. CONCLUSION: The children's repertoire of IgG antibodies at 2 years of age to a broad array of animal foodborne, vegetable foodborne, and airborne allergenic molecules is profoundly dependent on the route of allergen exposure and the child's IgE sensitization status and only marginally involves the IgG4 isotype.
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