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Pros and Cons of Clinical Basophil Testing (BAT)

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Hoffmann, Hans Jürgen, Knol, Edward F., Ferrer, Martha, Mayorga, Lina, Sabato, Vito, Santos, Alexandra F., Eberlein, Bernadette, Nopp, Anna +1 more·2016·Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

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Purpose of review We review basophil testing by flow cytometry with an emphasis on advantages and disadvantages.Recent findings There are many tools available to assess the presence and severity of allergic diseases in patients. For 50 years, peripheral blood basophils have been used as tools to study these diseases. It is a very accessible cell that binds IgE antibody and secretes the classical mediators responsible for the symptoms of allergic reactions. In the last decade, an even more accessible methodology, using flow cytometry, has been developed to enhance the ability to use basophils for both mechanistic and clinical diagnostics. Basophil testing has been included in diagnostics for different forms of allergies as well as to monitor disease status. A variety of studies have begun to establish both precise methods and their clinical relevance for disease diagnosis, but there remain some important questions on how to take optimal advantage of the behaviours of basophils.

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  • The basophil activation test is an ex vivo peripheral blood test useful for diagnosing food and drug allergy and other hypersensitivity syndromes when skin prick testing and serum specific IgE are discordant with clinical history or unavailable, and for monitoring allergen immunotherapy.

    “The basophil activation test (BAT) is an ex vivo peripheral blood test that has been shown to be useful in the diagnosis of allergy to food and drugs, along with other hypersensitivity syndromes, when first-line tests (SPT and serum sIgE) are discordant with clinical history or do not exist, and for monitoring of AIT.966”

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  1. Parwaresch MR, Nottbohm F. [Quantitation of basophil cell-line in human bone marrow (author's transl)]. Klin. Wochenschr. 1975;53:661-7.
  2. Fernández TD, Torres MJ, Blanca-López N, Rodríguez-Bada JL, Gomez E, Canto G, et al. Negativization rates of IgE radioimmunoassay and basophil activation test in immediate reactions to penicillins. Allergy. 2009;64:242-8.

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Authors
Hoffmann, H. J., Knol, E. F., Ferrer, M., Mayorga, L., Sabato, V., Santos, A. F., Eberlein, B., Nopp, A., & MacGlashan, D.
Affiliations
  • Aarhus University (DK)
  • University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
  • University of Antwerp (BE)
  • St Thomas' Hospital (GB)
  • Technical University of Munich (DE)
  • Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
Corresponding author
Hoffmann, Hans Jürgen
Venue
Current Allergy and Asthma Reports
Published
2016-07-13
Volume
16
Issue
8
Pages
56-56
ISSN
  • 1529-7322 (ISSN-L)
  • 1534-6315
OpenAlex
W2472226085
Cited by
50
References
159
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 1
FWCI
0.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Current Allergy and Asthma Reports (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • RISalud Institutional Health Repository of Andalucía (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich) (submittedVersion)
  • Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Medical Research Council (MR/M008517/1)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U01AI100952)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Mast cells and histamine
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Immunology and Allergy › Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Asthma and respiratory diseases
Keywords
basophils, allergic diseases, IgE, allergic inflammation, flow cytometry, allergy diagnosis, disease surveillance, basophil activation
MeSH terms
Basophils, Flow Cytometry, Humans, Hypersensitivity

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