Method for the assessment of allergenicity

摘要

The invention relates to a method for the assessment of the allergenicity or the toxicity of a test compound and for the screening of at least two compounds simultaneously. The invention also relates to a method of characterizing a cell type for the present invention, as well as an assay kit for the high through-put screening of a compound. By contacting a cell culture of at least one cell type of animal origin with the test compound and measuring cytokine responses, the allergenicity of the test compound can be assessed.