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Comparison of the Interleukin-1β-Inducing Potency of Allergenic Spores from Higher Fungi (Basidiomycetes) in a Cryopreserved Human Whole Blood System

Félix E. Rivera-Mariani, Kranthi Vysyaraju, Jesse Negherbon, Estelle Levetin, W. Elliot Horner, Thomas Härtung, Patrick N. Breysse

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology · 2013 · 10 citations · 35 references

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Abstract

Our data provide evidence of the proinflammatory potential of basidiospores, and the utility of cryopreserved human whole blood as a human-based in vitro system to study the immune reactivity of allergenic basidiospores.

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