We evaluated the clinical and pathophysiological efficacy of hyposensitization with Japanese sugi pollen extracts to sugi pollinosis. Twenty patients with Japanese cedar pollinosis received hyposensitization with Japanese cedar pollen extracts for one to 15 years with a mean of 9.5 years were compared with 18 patients without hyposensitization. The improvement of nasal symptoms was not found in patients with hyposensitization of sugi pollen extracts compared with patients with non-hyposensitization, but the number of mast cells in nasal scraping, nasal hypersensitivity to histamine, and specific sugi IgG4 antibody in serum was improved significantly compared with non-hyposensitization group. These findings suggest that the continuation of hyposensitization with sugi pollen extracts is recommendable as a basic treatment against seasonal nasal allergy.
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