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Allergen Details:

Allergen name: Tyr p 8
Allergen source: Major taxonomic group: Animalia Arthropoda
Order: Sarcoptiformes
Species: Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Storage mite)
NCBI Taxomony ID: 59818
Biochemical name:Glutathione S transferase
MW(SDS-PAGE):26 kDa
Allergenicity:Ten Storage Mite allergic subjects in Taiwan were used to test IgE binding to Tyrophagus putrescentiae proteins by ELISA and immunoblot. Then ten were used in histamine release assay. There was very good release by the ten. And there was very high cross-reactivity to Dermatophagoides glutathione S transferase Der f 8, Der p 8.
Allergenicity reference:PubMed:23365207
Route of allergen exposure:Airway
Date Created:20/01/2020
Last Updated:2020-01-20 19:43:23
Submitter Info:
Name:Richard Goodman for JJ Tsai
Institution:Veterans Hospital, Taichung University
City:Taichung, Taiwan
Email:rgoodman2@unl.edu; jawji@vghtc.gov.tw
Submission Date:2020-01-20

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Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Tyr p 8.0101JX255733AGG10560