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Sabbioni, Gabriele; Vanimireddy, Lakshiminiranjan Reddy; Lummus, Zana L. and Bernstein, David I. (2017): Comparison of biological effects with albumin adducts of 4,4'-methylenediphenyl diisocyanate in workers. In: Archives of Toxicology, Vol. 91, No. 4: pp. 1809-1814

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Abstract

Lung sensitization and asthma are the main health effects of 4,4'-methylenediphenyl diisocyanate (MDI). Albumin adducts (isocyanate-specific adducts) of MDI might be involved in the etiology of sensitization reactions. Albumin adducts of MDI were analyzed in sera of diisocyanate-exposed worker with and without diisocyanate occupational asthma (DA), as well as in exposed workers with and without diisocyanate-specific IgG antibodies. In DA-positive workers and IgG-positive workers, albumin adducts were significantly higher versus workers without DA and those who were specific IgG negative. The odds ratio to be DA-positive was 57 times larger for workers with adduct levels above 230 fmol/mg. The odds ratio to be IgG-positive was 10 times larger for workers with adduct levels above 113 fmol/mg. Therefore, albumin adducts appear to be a good predictor of the biological effects. The albumin-adduct levels in workers without biological effects were in the range of the adduct levels found in previous studies of healthy MDI-factory and construction site workers.

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