IgE antibodies have potent immunoregulatory effects in vivo, and mice immunized with IgE–antigen (IgE/Ag) complexes exhibit a several hundred‐fold higher humoral Ag‐specific response than mice immunized with non‐complexed Ag. In vitro studies indicate that this is a result of efficient endocytosis of the IgE/Ag complexes via the low‐affinity receptor for IgE (CD23) on B cells, leading to efficient antigen presentation to T cells. Previous studies of IgE‐induced Ab responses in vivo have only measured serum responses. The authors have now studied the up‐regulated response as the number of IgG‐, IgA‐, IgE‐ and IgM‐secreting single B cells in spleen, lymph nodes and bone marrow of mice immunized with IgE‐anti‐TNP + BSA‐TNP (2,4,6‐trinitrophenylated bovine serum albumin). IgE and Ag induced a greater than 500‐fold increase of specific IgG‐secreting spleen cells with the peak of the response 6 days after primary immunization. The response of other Ab isotypes and the response in other lymphoid organs was marginal. The rapid increase in the number of IgG‐secreting cells in the spleen suggests that IgE/Ag complexes induce a secondary type of antibody response without requirement for conventional priming.