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More significantly, \u03b3-GT-specific IgE antibody levels were strikingly elevated in patients with TPE (geomean, 681 ng\/ml; range, 61 to 23,841 ng\/ml) and in the ENL group (geomean, 106 ng\/ml; range, 13 to 1,405 ng\/ml) whereas the \u03b3-GT-specific IgE level was 44 and 61 times lower in those with MF and CP, respectively (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0.001). Elevated \u03b3-GT-specific IgE\/IgG4 ratios were demonstrated in patients with TPE (ratio, 45) and ENL (ratio, 107). Because expression of \u03b3-GT in<jats:italic>Brugia<\/jats:italic>infective third-stage larvae (L3) was demonstrated by immunoblot analysis, the elevated \u03b3-GT-specific IgE antibodies appear to be associated not only with pulmonary pathology but also with possible resistance to infection in lymphatic filariasis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1128\/iai.71.2.747-753.2003","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2003,1,22]],"date-time":"2003-01-22T23:03:20Z","timestamp":1043276600000},"page":"747-753","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/asmj-crossmark-policy-page","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":30,"title":["Elevated Immunoglobulin E against Recombinant<i>Brugia malayi<\/i>\u03b3-Glutamyl Transpeptidase in Patients with Bancroftian Filariasis: Association with Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia or Putative Immunity"],"prefix":"10.1128","volume":"71","author":[{"given":"Edgar","family":"Lobos","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thomas B.","family":"Nutman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University College London, London, United Kingdom, and Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John S.","family":"Hothersall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Urology and Nephrology"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Salvador","family":"Moncada","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"235","reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_2_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-3024.1993.tb00612.x"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM200102013440507"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_4_2","first-page":"153","volume":"147","year":"1989","unstructured":"Capron, A., M. 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