Table 1

Immunizationa
Challengeb
Number of Mice with Anaphylaxis





Temperature Decrease ≥ 1 °C
Death (all mice)
Death (in mice with anaphylaxis)

G7 peptides
G7 peptides
14/14 (100%) *
12/14 (86%)**
12/14 (86%)***
PD peptides
PD peptides
3/7 (43%) †
1/7 (14%)
1/3 (33%)
HEL/OVA
HEL/OVA
5/12 (42%) ‡
4/12 (33%) ‡‡
4/5 (80%) ‡‡‡
Saline
Saline
0/13 (0%)
0/13 (0%)
-
None (no injection)
None (no injection)
0/9 (0%)
0/9 (0%)
-
No injection
G7 peptides
0/9 (0%)
0/9 (0%)
-

Passive Systemic IgE-induced Anaphylaxis




IgE anti-DNP
DNP-HSA
10/10 (100%)#
0/10 (0%)
0/10 (0%)

a Immunizations in IFA b Challenge in 0.9% NaCl (saline) * P = 0.0058 vs. PD challenged, P = 0.0012 vs. HEL/OVA challenged, P < 0.0001 vs. G7 challenged non-immunized mice, saline challenged or "none" groups; † P = 0.031 vs saline challenged; ‡ P < 0.05 vs G7 challenged non-immunized mice, saline challenged or "none" groups; # P = 0.0147 vs PD challenged, P = 0.0053 vs HEL/OVA, P < 0.0001 vs G7 challenged non-immunized mice, saline challenged or "none" groups.; ** P = 0.0138 vs. HEL/OVA challenged, P < 0.0001 vs DNP-HSA challenged; ‡‡ P = 0.048 vs saline challenged; *** P < 0.0001 vs DNP-HSA challenged; ‡‡‡ P = 0.0037 vs DNP-HSA challenged; all other comparisons are P > 0.05 (Fisher exact test).

Pedotti et al. BMC Immunology 2003 4:2   doi:10.1186/1471-2172-4-2