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Are specific IgE responsible for asthma or all IgE are implicated?
« on: 20/04/2019 11:29:14 »
Are specific IgE responsible for asthma or all IgE are implicated?

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Re: Are specific IgE responsible for asthma or all IgE are implicated?
« Reply #1 on: 20/04/2019 23:38:53 »
Just as there are many triggers for asthma, so there are many versions of IgE molecules which latch onto these allergens to trigger an asthma attack or food allergy.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunoglobulin_E

There are medications which bind to all varieties of free-floating IgE to produce a wide-spectrum suppression of asthma and food allergies, without actually having to target one specific variety of IgE (the offending variety of IgE may be different in different people).
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omalizumab
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