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. 2012 Aug;169(2):129–136. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2012.04597.x

Table 2.

Immune response to gliadin and 33-mer after the in-vivo wheat challenges

1st challenge 2nd challenge


Gliadin 33-mer Gliadin 33-mer




ΔSFC FI ΔSFC FI ΔSFC FI ΔSFC FI
Pt 1 25 25 0 1 233 234 0 1
Pt 2 368 11·5 81 81 69 1·4 164 5·1
Pt 3 29 1,9 17 17 10 10 0 1
Pt 4 0 0·14 0 0 56 1·3 0 0·7
Pt 5 58 8·2 139 139 81 5,3 0 1
Pt 6 56 56 148 148 0 0·9 11 12
Pt 7 83 1·8 221 2,9 24 1·2 104 2·5
Pt 8 130 15·4 77 77 n.d. n.d n.d. n.d.
Pt 9 225 16 0 0 0 1 14 14
Pt 10 32 2·4 8 8 328 1·6 0 3
Pt 11 16 2·6 22 22 343 8·6 7 7
Pt 12 0 1 0 0 47 1·5 4 4
Pt 13 131 10 79 79 0 0·4 0 0·8
Pt 14 88 2·1 167 167 1 1·1 2 2

ΔSFC (spot-forming cells): net interferon (IFN)-γ SFC detected on day 6 minus net IFN-γ SFC detected on day 0.

FI (fold increase): net IFN-γ SFC in response to gliadin/peptide 33-mer observed on day 6 divided by the net IFN-γ SFC observed on day 0; n.d., not done.