Ann Lab Med.  2016 Sep;36(5):499-500. 10.3343/alm.2016.36.5.499.

Basophil Activation Test for Chronic Urticaria

• Chirumbolo S

• KMID: 2373584
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2016.36.5.499

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Basophils/cytology/*metabolism
Flow Cytometry
HLA-DR Antigens/metabolism
Humans
Interleukin-3 Receptor alpha Subunit/metabolism
Leukocyte Count
Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases/metabolism
Pyrophosphatases/metabolism
Receptors, CCR3/metabolism
Urticaria/*diagnosis/immunology/metabolism
HLA-DR Antigens
Interleukin-3 Receptor alpha Subunit
Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases
Pyrophosphatases
Receptors, CCR3

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Flow cytometry showing dot plots of basophils collected from two representative healthy blood donors. Basophils were gated according to reference 7. Panels A, E: T and B lymphocytes; B, F: plasmacytoid dendritic cells; C, G: monocytes; D, H: basophils. Number of gated CD123bright/HLADRneg basophils: 504 and 523, respectively. For further information, see references 2 and 7.

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