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Not to be confused with Sensory processing disorder § Hyposensitivities and hypersensitivities. This page is about the medical condition. For the music album, see Hypersensitive. For the cause of dental pain, see Dentine hypersensitivity. Medical conditionElitre (WMF)/Sandbox |
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Hypersensitivity (also called hypersensitivity reaction or intolerance) refers to undesirable reactions produced by the normal immune system, including allergies and autoimmunity. These reactions may be damaging, uncomfortable, or occasionally fatal. Hypersensitivity reactions require a pre-sensitized (immune) state of the host. The four-group classification was expounded by P. H. G. Gell and Robin Coombs in 1963.
Coombs and Gell classification
Type | Alternative names | Often mentioned disorders | Mediators | Description |
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I | Allergy (immediate) | Fast response which occurs in minutes rather than multiple hours or days. Free antigens cross link the IgE on mast cells and basophils which causes a release of vasoactive biomolecules.
Testing can be done via skin test for specific IgE. | ||
II | Cytotoxic, antibody-dependent |
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Antibody (IgM or IgG) binds to antigen on foreign cell leading to cellular destruction via the MAC.
Testing includes both the direct and indirect Coombs test. |
III | Immune complex disease |
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Antibody (IgG) binds to antigen on foreign cell leading to cellular destruction via neutrophils and the subsequent release of lysosomal enzymes. | |
IV | Delayed-type hypersensitivity(DTH), cell-mediated immune memory response, antibody-independent | T cells find antigen and activate macrophages. | ||
V | Autoimmune disease, receptor mediated (see below) |
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Type V
This is an additional type that is sometimes (often in the UK) used as a distinction from Type 2.
Instead of binding to cell surface components, the antibodies recognise and bind to the cell surface receptors, which either prevents the intended ligand binding with the receptor or mimics the effects of the ligand, thus impairing cell signaling.
Some clinical examples:
The use of Type 5 is rare. These conditions are more frequently classified as Type 2, though sometimes they are specifically segregated into their own subcategory of Type 2.
References
- Gell PGH, Coombs RRA, eds. Clinical Aspects of Immunology. 1st ed. Oxford, England: Blackwell; 1963.
- ^ Le, Tau. First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2013, p. 203-204
- Black, CA. Delayed Type Hypersensitivity: Current Theories with an Historic Perspective Dermatol. Online J. (May 1999) 5(1):7 at http://dermatology.cdlib.org/DOJvol5num1/reviews/black.html
- http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/136118-overview
- Table 5-1 in:Mitchell, Richard Sheppard; Kumar, Vinay; Abbas, Abul K.; Fausto, Nelson (2007). Robbins Basic Pathology. Philadelphia: Saunders. ISBN 1-4160-2973-7.
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