Allergen Details
| Allergen name: | Chi t 2 |
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Major taxonomic group: Animalia Arthropoda Order: Diptera Species: Chironomus thummi thummi (Midge) NCBI Taxomony ID: 7155 |
| Obsolete name: | Chi t I |
| Biochemical name: | Hemoglobin, component I/IA |
| MW(SDS-PAGE): | 16 kDa |
| Allergenicity: | Of 86 subjects with IgE against C.thummi thummi larvae, 76 had IgE against Chi t I, which comprises 12 homologous hemoglobins (Chi t 1-9). 56 of these 76 people were symptomatic. Chi t I induced histamine release in basophils of all 20 patients tested, and acute rhinitis and/or asthmatic reactions in all 25 patients tested in inhalation challenge test. |
| Allergenicity reference: | PubMed:1701849 |
| Route of allergen exposure: | Airway |
| Created: | 2003-05-22 12:00:00 |
| Last Updated: | 2019-07-31 07:38:17 |
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| Isoallergen and variants | GenBank Nucleotide | GenBank Protein | UniProt | PDB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chi t 2.0101 | U14627 | AAA80189 | P02221 | |
| Chi t 2.0102 | P02221 (variant A113T) |