Polymorphisms at the glutathione S-transferase, GSTP1 locus: a novel mechanism for susceptibility and development of atopic airway inflammation.

abstract：:Identification and characterization of risk and protective factors for allergy is important for developing strategies for prevention or treatment. The prevalence of allergy is clearly higher in affluent countries than in developing countries like, e.g. Africa. Especially in urban areas of developing countries, allergy...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： van Ree R,Yazdanbakhsh M

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody-dependent, allergic autocytotoxicity (ACT) is an in vitro process through which WBC from patients and/or controls, passively sensitized with RAST positive serum, are damaged in the presence of corresponding food antigens. Studies among 13 patients, sensitive to cow milk, corn and wheat, and 13 asymptomatic co...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Podleski WK

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory epithelial mast cells are an expression of airway inflammatory processes. Nasal epithelial mast cells are known to be increased in allergic rhinitis and have now been examined in patients with nasal polyps. Metachromatic cell counts (mean +/- standard error) expressed as the sum of large mast cells, atypic...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Ruhno J,Howie K,Anderson M,Andersson B,Vanzieleghem M,Hitch D,Lapp P,Denburg J,Dolovich J

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and seventy patients with asthma and/or rhinitis (162 or 60% allergic, 108 or 40% non-allergic) were studied for sinus pathology by means of standard X-rays and tomograms. Sinus pathology was defined as abnormal sinus X-rays, either on standard or tomography. Fifty-four percent of the X-rays were classifie...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： De Cleyn KM,Kersschot EA,De Clerck LS,Ortmanns PM,De Schepper AM,Van Bever HP,Stevens WJ

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed-type, T cell-mediated, drug hypersensitivity reactions are a serious unwanted manifestation of drug exposure that develops in a small percentage of the human population. Drugs and drug metabolites are known to interact directly and indirectly (through irreversible protein binding and processing to the derived ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Naisbitt DJ,Olsson-Brown A,Gibson A,Meng X,Ogese MO,Tailor A,Thomson P

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patch testing is the standard clinical procedure to prove contact sensitization. It is a common practice to attach multiple patch tests at the same time. However, synchronous reactions to unrelated allergens may not be completely unassociated. If so, the reaction in a given test field might be influenced by ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Brasch J,Geier J,Schnuch A,Uter W,German Contact Dermatitis Research Group (DKG).,Information Network of Departments of Dermatology (IVDK).

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of allergic rhinitis (AR) has witnessed a progressive increase in China. A survey of self-reported AR using validated questionnaire-based telephone interviews in adult subjects conducted between 2004 and 2005 demonstrated that the prevalence of AR in 11 major cities across China was 11.1%1 . A subsequen...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Xian M,Zhang L

更新日期：2020-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epicutaneous sensitization is an important route of immunization for allergens in atopic diseases; however, studies have also shown that application with protein on the intact skin induces antigen-specific tolerance. Langerhans cells (LCs) play an immunosuppressive role in several inflammatory skin diseases ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Luo Y,Wang S,Liu X,Wen H,Li W,Yao X

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We report a series of 24 health-care workers with respiratory symptoms suggestive of occupational asthma due to glutaraldehyde exposure. METHODS:The history of asthmatic symptoms was investigated with peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) monitoring, and in eight of the subjects, the specific bronchial provocati...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Di Stefano F,Siriruttanapruk S,McCoach J,Burge PS

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a multifactorial disease of the upper airways with a high prevalence (approximately 11%) in the general population. Different immune and inflammatory mechanisms are involved in its pathogenesis. Alterations in the arachidonic acid pathway (leading to an imbalanced production of eicosano...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Pezato R,Świerczyńska-Krępa M,Niżankowska-Mogilnicka E,Derycke L,Bachert C,Pérez-Novo CA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Undernotification is well recognized as a key challenge to the study of anaphylaxis mortality, but it is seldom mentioned that one of its reasons is the difficult coding of the condition under the tenth revision of the international classification of diseases (ICD-10), given that there are no anaphylaxis-spe...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Tanno LK,Ganem F,Demoly P,Toscano CM,Bierrenbach AL

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between asthma and obesity appears to be quite complex. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of excess weight on asthma control evolution in a cohort of asthmatics. A prospective database was set up, which enrolled adult asthmatics with persistent (mild, moderate or severe) asthma. The contr...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Saint-Pierre P,Bourdin A,Chanez P,Daures JP,Godard P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because humans breathe through the nose, the nasal mucosa becomes sensitized to inhalant allergens. Allergic rhinitis is, together with allergic conjunctivitis, the best example of a type I hypersensitivity reaction. It is an inflammation of the nasal mucosa induced by specific immune recognition of exogenous allergen...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Van Cauwenberge PB

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Innate immune response by a viral pathogen-associated molecular pattern dsRNA modulates the subsequent development of adaptive immune responses. Although virus-associated asthma is characterized by noneosinophilic inflammation, the role of Th17 cell response in the development of virus-associated asthma is s...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Choi JP,Kim YS,Tae YM,Choi EJ,Hong BS,Jeon SG,Gho YS,Zhu Z,Kim YK

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine optimal conditions for allergen preservation, we investigated the influence of different stabilizing additives and of storage temperature on the allergen activity of apple protein preparations, obtained by extraction in phosphate buffer or by precipitation in diacetone alcohol and resolubilization in phos...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Rudeschko O,Fahlbusch B,Henzgen M,Schlenvoigt G,Herrmann D,Vieths S,Jäger L

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway remodeling is a central feature of asthma. It is exemplified by thickening of the lamina reticularis and structural changes to the epithelium, submucosa, smooth muscle, and vasculature of the airway wall. Airway remodeling may result from persistent airway inflammation. Immunoglobulin E (IgE) is an important me...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Rabe KF,Calhoun WJ,Smith N,Jimenez P

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17-year-old man was occupationally exposed to pyromellitic acid dianhydride dust during the production of epoxy resin in a chemical factory. He was clinically diagnosed as having acute hemorrhagic alveolitis associated with anemia. The serologic analysis revealed a high concentration of IgG antibodies against pyrome...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Czuppon AB,Kaplan V,Speich R,Baur X

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hygiene hypothesis states that a reduced exposure to allergens in early life is solely implicated in the growing propensity for allergy sensitization. Important elements of the hypothesis include helminth infection, exposure to endotoxins, exposure to pets and growing up on a farm. However, the hygiene hypothesis ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Platts-Mills TA,Erwin E,Heymann P,Woodfolk J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory allergies and subclinical sensitization to aeroallergens were investigated in 129 rural and in 222 urban probands. The incidence of respiratory allergies was not significantly higher in the urban residents. Sensitization to aeroallergens was investigated with Phadezym RAST (house dust mite, Cladosporium, o...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Popp W,Zwick H,Steyrer K,Rauscher H,Wanke T

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Geographical variations in atopic sensitization in Canada have not been described previously. This study used the standardized protocol of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey-1 (ECRHS-1) to investigate the distribution and predictors of atopic sensitization in six sites across Canada and to comp...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Chan-Yeung M,Anthonisen NR,Becklake MR,Bowie D,Sonia Buist A,Dimich-Ward H,Ernst P,Sears MR,Siersted HC,Sweet L,Van Til L,Manfreda J

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to investigate the influence of patient selection criteria, i.e., mite-allergic individuals exposed and not exposed to Dermatophagoides siboney and Blomia tropicalis, on the biologic activity of mite extracts. Determination of the potency of mite extracts in vivo requires selection of patien...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Casas R,Ferrándiz R,Wihl JA,Fernández B,Dreborg S

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is strong evidence that reduced exposures to microbial compounds triggering innate immune responses early in life are critical for the development of allergic illnesses. The underlying mechanisms remain unknown, but will include T-cell responses either along T helper type 1 (Th1)/Th2 pathways or via T ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Schaub B,Liu J,Schleich I,Höppler S,Sattler C,von Mutius E

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A safe food supply is a legitimate expectation of consumers, which the food industry must meet. Allergic reactions to food are recognised as a significant public health problem. Protecting allergic consumers against such reactions, while minimising the impact of food allergy on their quality of life, poses a challenge...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Crevel RW

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The background of this study is the finding of several studies that the frequency of respiratory allergies was significantly higher in the former West Germany than the former East Germany. The present study investigated the levels of allergens of house-dust mite (Der p 1 and Der f 1), cat (Fel d 1), and cockroach (Bla...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Fahlbusch B,Heinrich J,Gross I,Jäger L,Richter K,Wichmann HE

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcellular sites of histamine in purified human lung mast cells and human peripheral blood basophils were determined using a newly developed enzyme-gold affinity method for ultrastructural analysis. The evolving morphologies of regulated secretion and recovery from regulated secretion in each cell showed that granule...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Dvorak AM

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The atopy patch test (APT) is an in vivo model to study the induction of eczema by inhalant allergens. This study was designed to compare two commonly used APT methods. METHODS:In the first method, the allergen is dissolved in aqueous solution, which is applied on tape-stripped skin. In the second method, t...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Oldhoff JM,Bihari IC,Knol EF,Bruijnzeel-Koomen CA,de Bruin-Weller MS

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The IgE-binding components of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) pollen were determined by ELISA and Western blotting in atopic patients in order to identify its major allergens. From a pool of previously identified allergenic fractions and sera from 15 skin-test-positive, atopic subjects, four components of 12, 14.4,...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Kwaasi AA,Parhar RS,Tipirneni P,Harfi H,al-Sedairy ST

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of total serum-IgE and factors of importance for the level of IgE was studied in a random sample of 508 children and adolescents, aged 7-16 years, from Copenhagen. A detailed history about asthma, rhinitis, dermatitis and urticaria was obtained, and a physical examination, skin prick test with 9 commo...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Backer V,Ulrik CS,Wendelboe D,Bach-Mortensen N,Hansen KK,Laursen EM,Dirksen A

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eicosanoids are biologically active lipid mediators, comprising prostaglandins, leukotrienes, thromboxanes, and lipoxins, involved in several pathophysiological processes relevant to asthma, allergies, and allied diseases. Prostaglandins and leukotrienes are the most studied eicosanoids and established inducers of air...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Sokolowska M,Rovati GE,Diamant Z,Untersmayr E,Schwarze J,Lukasik Z,Sava F,Angelina A,Palomares O,Akdis CA,O'Mahony L,Sanak M,Dahlen SE,Woszczek G

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has caused an unprecedented global social and economic impact, and high numbers of deaths. Many risk factors have been identified in the progression of COVID-19 into a severe and critical st...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Gao YD,Ding M,Dong X,Zhang JJ,Kursat Azkur A,Azkur D,Gan H,Sun YL,Fu W,Li W,Liang HL,Cao YY,Yan Q,Cao C,Gao HY,Brüggen MC,van de Veen W,Sokolowska M,Akdis M,Akdis CA

更新日期：2020-11-13 00:00:00