Methods for detecting food-specific immune responses

摘要

Methods of diagnosing and treating a subject having active or inactive eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) are disclosed. The method comprises detecting whether the level of one or more immunoglobulin antibodies is elevated in an esophageal secretion sample obtained from the subject, when the level of one or more immunoglobulin antibodies in the sample rises above a predetermined cutoff value, administering the subject to active EoE diagnosing and diagnosing the subject with inactive EoE when the level of one or more immunoglobulin antibody levels in the sample is below a predetermined cutoff value; and treating a subject diagnosed with active EoE.