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Recombinant Allergens for Diagnosis of Cockroach Allergy

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Molecular cloning of cockroach allergens and their expression as recombinant proteins have allowed a better understanding of the mechanisms of cockroach allergic disease. Recombinant cockroach allergens have been used for skin testing or in vitro methods to measure IgE antibody levels in serum. Early studies evaluating selected U.S. patients revealed that a cocktail of four cockroach allergens, Bla g 1, Bla g 2, Bla g 4, and Bla g 5, would identify 95 % of cockroach allergic patients. More recent studies pointed to an important role of sensitization to tropomyosin among certain populations, and suggested that a cocktail of five allergens Bla g 1 and/or Per a 1, Bla g 2, Bla g 4, Bla g 5, and Bla g 7, and/or Per a 7, would be expected to diagnose 50– 64 % of cockroach-allergic patients worldwide. Variation in IgE reactivity profiles could be in part due to IgE responses to cross-reactive homologous allergens from different origins. The availability of purified natural or recombinant cockroach allergens provides the capacity to improve diagnosis of cockroach allergy and to develop novel forms of immunotherapy for cockroach-allergic patients.

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Research carried out in Brazil by L. Karla Arruda has been supported by São Paulo State Research Funding Agency (FAPESP) and Brazilian National Research Council – National Institutes of Science and Technology, Institute of Investigation in Immunology (CNPq–INCT–iii). Part of the research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01AI077653 (PI: AP and MDC). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

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Martin D. Chapman has received NIH grant support (no. AI077653, through Indoor Biotechnologies, Inc.), has served on boards for Virginia Bio and the Charlottesville Business Innovation Council, is employed as the president/CEO of Indoor Biotechnologies, Inc., holds US patent 5,869,288 (through Indoor Biotechnologies, Inc.), holds stock/stock options in Indoor Biotechnologies, Inc., and has received royalties from the University of Virginia.

Anna Pomés has received NIAID/NIH grant support (no. R01AI077653) and is employed by Indoor Biotechnologies, Inc.

L. Karla Arruda, Michelle C.R. Barbosa, Ana Beatriz R. Santos, and Adriana S. Moreno declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Arruda, L.K., Barbosa, M.C.R., Santos, A.B.R. et al. Recombinant Allergens for Diagnosis of Cockroach Allergy. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 14, 428 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11882-014-0428-6

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