Israel Hernández-Aguilar

Ms. Israel Hernández-Aguilar


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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9 February 2024 in Immunologic Research
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IHIsrael Hernández-Aguilar
Israel Hernández-Aguilar
JVJuan Carlos Vizuet-de-Rueda
Juan Carlos Vizuet-de-Rueda
MMMiguel Angel Galván Morales
Miguel Angel Galván Morales
JMJosaphat Miguel Montero-Vargas
Josaphat Miguel Montero-Vargas
LTLuis Manuel Teran
Luis Manuel Teran
Allergic diseases affect nearly 30% of people worldwide. There is a wide range of allergen sources, such as animal dander, food, venom, dust mites, and pollen. The skin prick test is the predominant technique used to identify allergenic sensitivity in vivo; the main problem is that it can be imprecise as many of the allergen extracts are made of mixtures of allergic and nonallergic components, making it difficult to identify the disease-eliciting allergen. An alternative to solve this problem is employing cellular models in vitro that may allow allergen identification, allergy diagnosis, and testing of novel potential compounds that can be used in immunotherapeutics. For example, rat basophilic leukemia (RBL) cells are a well-suited model for studying allergies. Unfortunately, cells generated from RBL cells are not commercially available. Therefore, we developed an RBL model with a degranulation gene reporter capable of recognizing human IgE involved in allergenic sensitivity using commercial plasmids. Employing this model, we successfully evaluated the capacity of union between IgE from allergic patients to allergenic proteins from Oleaceae tree pollen. This RBL cell model can be used as a diagnostic method for sensitivity to any allergens from different sources in vitro.