Rectal IgE cells in inflammatory bowel disease.
Open Access
- 1 February 1979
- Vol. 20 (2), 149-153
- https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.20.2.149
Abstract
Immunoglobulin-contained cells in the rectal mucosa of patients suffering from non-specific inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) were counted and compared with those in a control population. While the numbers of IgA, IgM, and IgG-containing cells in both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease did not differ from normal, both disease groups exhibited a marked increase in IgE-staining cells. This increase in IgE-cells did not correlate with severity, duration, or treatment of disease and it did not prove possible, using these immunological studies, to differentiate between Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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