Disodium octaborate tetrahydrate (DOT) application and vacuum cleaning, a combined strategy to control house dust mites.

abstract：:Sera from 425 patients were analysed with Phadebas RAST reagents against a panel of 19 allergens and the most commonly positive results were to grass pollen, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and cat epithelium. Of the 275 sera RAST-positive to any allergen, 261 were positive by a RAST technique which used a mixture of t...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Merrett TG,Pantin CF,Dimond AH,Merrett J

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper gives an overview of placebo-controlled studies of the effect of corticosteroid treatment on nasal blockage, based on objective measurements of nasal airway patency. A few studies of perennial rhinitis have indicated that pretreatment with an intranasal corticosteroid has a moderate effect on nasal hyperres...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Mygind N,Dahl R,Nielsen LP,Hilberg O,Bjerke T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slow-reacting substance of anaphylaxis (SRS-A) is an important factor mediating bronchoconstriction in asthma. We developed a guinea pig model for SRS-A mediated bronchoconstriction induced by antigen inhalation. Using this model, we investigated the effect of inhaled WP871, a new anti-allergic drug, on bronchoconstri...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Kurashima K,Fujimura M,Saito M,Sakamoto S,Miyake Y,Nishi K,Matsuda T

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The general understanding is that a blood sample for analysis of immunoglobulin (Ig) E antibodies to an allergen suspected to cause an anaphylaxis cannot be drawn until several weeks after the reaction. As this is most unpractical, the changes in IgE antibody levels during anaphylaxis were studied to evaluat...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Guttormsen AB,Johansson SG,Oman H,Wilhelmsen V,Nopp A

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Improving quality of life is considered to be a major endpoint and motivation for clinical intervention in patients with perennial allergic rhinitis (PAR). In addition to classical symptoms of congestion, pruritus, and rhinorrhea, patients will often complain of not being able to sleep well at night and of f...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Hughes K,Glass C,Ripchinski M,Gurevich F,Weaver TE,Lehman E,Fisher LH,Craig TJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dose- and pH- dependent carbodiimide-mediated coupling of Penicillin-G to polystyrene microtiter-plates that leaves the beta-lactam ring unchanged is described. A new ELISA method was developed using Penicillin-G coated plates. The binding of 3 different monoclonal antibodies as well as human IgG antibodies of the IgG...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Klein GF,Stanzl U,Fritsch PO,Varga JM

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Given the key role of interleukin-5 (IL-5) in eosinophil function, we investigated the regulated expression of the membrane-anchored (TM-IL-5Ralpha) isoform, or a secreted (SOL IL-5Ralpha) isoform, on both protein and transcript level in vitro and in vivo. METHODS:A real-time PCR, FACS and ELISA were establ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Gevaert P,Hellman C,Lundblad L,Lundahl J,Holtappels G,van Cauwenberge P,Tavernier J,Bachert C

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of tea polyphenols on histamine release from rat basophilic leukemia (RBL-2H3) cells. Among tea polyphenols, (-)- epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) most strongly and dose-dependently inhibited histamine release from cells stimulated with a calcium ionophore, A23187. (-)-Epigallocatechin (EGC) and (...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Matsuo N,Yamada K,Shoji K,Mori M,Sugano M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early-life sensitization to indoor allergens predicts asthma development. The aim of this study was to compare allergen concentrations in day-care centers (DCC) with those in private homes. METHODS:Settled airborne dust was collected 4 times a year from 20 German DCC (620 samples) and from the homes of chil...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Sander I,Lotz A,Neumann HD,Czibor C,Flagge A,Zahradnik E,Raulf M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physicians typically rely heavily on self-reported symptoms to make a diagnosis of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB). However, in elite sport, respiratory symptoms have poor diagnostic value. In 2009, following a change in international sports regulations, all elite athletes suspected of asthma and/...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Ansley L,Kippelen P,Dickinson J,Hull JH

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histamine is the primary mediator involved the pathophysiology of allergic rhinitis and chronic urticaria, and this explains the prominent role that histamine H(1)-receptor antagonists have in the treatment of these disorders. However, histamine is clearly not the only mediator involved in the inflammatory cascade. Th...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Mullol J,Bousquet J,Bachert C,Canonica WG,Gimenez-Arnau A,Kowalski ML,Martí-Guadaño E,Maurer M,Picado C,Scadding G,Van Cauwenberge P

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma induced by cereal flour is a long recognized entity. We present studies of three patients affected by asthma related to exposure to cereal flour contained in animal formula feeds. Skin prick test performed with the formula feed components showed positive reactions to cereal flours (wheat, rye and barley) and ne...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Valdivieso R,Pola J,Zapata C,Puyana J,Cuesta J,Martin C,Losada E

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hereditary angioedema (HAE), type I and II, is an autosomal dominant disease with deficiency of functional C1 inhibitor protein causing episodic swellings of skin, mucosa and viscera. HAE is a genetically heterogeneous disease with more than 200 different mutations in the SERPING1 gene. A genotype-phenotype ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Bygum A,Fagerberg CR,Ponard D,Monnier N,Lunardi J,Drouet C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Variable airflow obstruction and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) are features of asthma, which are absent in nonasthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis (EB). Airway remodelling is characteristic of both conditions suggesting that remodelling and airway dysfunction are disassociated, but whether the airway geometr...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Siddiqui S,Gupta S,Cruse G,Haldar P,Entwisle J,Mcdonald S,Whithers PJ,Hainsworth SV,Coxson HO,Brightling C

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Workplace exposure to trimellitic anhydride (TMA) can elicit TMA-specific IgE (sIgE), which may lead to occupational asthma (OA). An occupational immunosurveillance program (OISP) has been implemented to monitor TMA exposure and immunologic outcomes. The purpose of this study was to determine whether TMA-spe...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Ghosh D,Clay C,Bernstein JA

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) impairs quality of life (QoL). Currently, no consensus exists regarding how second-generation H(1)-antihistamines (proven to control CIU symptoms) should be taken long-term: as daily treatment or only when symptoms return (PRN). We sought to determine which regimen improves...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Grob JJ,Auquier P,Dreyfus I,Ortonne JP

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9, an enzyme that contributes to inflammatory responses and subsequent tissue remodelling, has recently been suggested to be a good biomarker for monitoring disease activity in patients with chronic urticaria (CU). Here, we assessed whether total MMP-9 and/or active MMP-9 plasm...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Altrichter S,Boodstein N,Maurer M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occupational respiratory allergy to green coffee beans in coffee roastery workers is well established. I now report on a 50-year-old female atopic patient sensitized to the coffee plant used for indoor decoration. The symptoms were rhinitis and conjunctivitis on exposure to the plant. Investigation showed a positive s...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Axelsson IG

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Busereline acetate is an LH-RH agonist that was found to induce local reactions at the injection site or generalized minor skin reactions in some patients. Since these reactions may represent the first reaction of systemic anaphylaxis, we tested the non-specific histamine releasing activity of this drug by intradermal...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Bousquet J,Hédon B,Hejjaoui A,Chanal I,Michel FB

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the effects of anthropogenic pollution on water-soluble proteins and specifically allergens in birch (Betula pendula and B. pubescens) pollen, we analyzed extracts of pollen from the pollution gradient around a factory complex (emitting sulfur oxides and heavy metals) by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)--poly...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Helander ML,Savolainen J,Ahlholm J

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchial allergen challenge was performed on 12 allergic asthmatics during a stable phase of their disease. After resolution of the immediate bronchial response, fractional lung lavage was performed twice, two and 24 h post-challenge. The recovery of eosinophils, eosinophil cationic protein (ECP), eosinophil chemotac...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Schmekel B,Venge P

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Allergens from house dust mites (HDMs), Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Blomia tropicalis are clinically relevant in atopic respiratory diseases in tropical countries. AIMS OF THE STUDY:To evaluate immunoglobulin (Ig)E, IgG1, and IgG4 antibody responses to B. tropicalis in Brazilian atopic patients. MET...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Pereira EA,Silva DA,Cunha-Júnior JP,Almeida KC,Alves R,Sung SJ,Taketomi EA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sublingual immunotherapy has been shown in some clinical studies to modulate allergen-specific antibody responses [with a decrease in the immunoglobulin E/immunoglobulin G4 (IgE/IgG4) ratio] and to reduce the recruitment and activation of proinflammatory cells in target mucosa. Whereas a central paradigm for successfu...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Moingeon P,Batard T,Fadel R,Frati F,Sieber J,Van Overtvelt L

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：:The present study was designed to investigate the effects of immunotherapy (IT) with an extract of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Alergo-Merck Depot) during a 27-month period in patients with allergic asthma to house-dust mites. We included 11 patients (mean age 18 years) treated with a combination of IT and inhaled ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Costa JC,Plácido JL,Silva JP,Delgado L,Vaz M

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The beta-lactam allergic work-up is mostly standardized. However, the negative predictive value of drug provocation tests is not yet well established. METHOD:A historical-prospective multicentre cohort study was conducted in four centres (one in France, one in Portugal, two in Italy) to assess the negative ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Demoly P,Romano A,Botelho C,Bousquet-Rouanet L,Gaeta F,Silva R,Rumi G,Rodrigues Cernadas J,Bousquet PJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mucosal lining of the upper airways represents the outer surface of the body to the ambient air and its contents and is prepared for it as the first line of defense. Apart from the well-described physical barrier and the mucociliary clearance, a variety of systems, including the airway microbiome, antimicrobial pr...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Zhang N,Van Crombruggen K,Gevaert E,Bachert C

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bronchial asthma is a chronic disease characterized by inflammation, obstruction, and hyperresponsiveness of the airways. There is currently no curative therapy for asthma. Type 2 helper T cell response plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of the disease. Protein S is a glycoprotein endowed with anticoa...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Asayama K,Kobayashi T,D'Alessandro-Gabazza CN,Toda M,Yasuma T,Fujimoto H,Okano T,Saiki H,Takeshita A,Fujiwara K,Fridman D'Alessandro V,Nishihama K,Totoki T,Inoue R,Takei Y,Gabazza EC

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cell activation (MCA) occurs in a number of different clinical conditions, including IgE-dependent allergies, other inflammatory reactions, and mastocytosis. MCA-related symptoms may be mild, moderate, severe, or even life-threatening. The severity of MCA depends on a number of different factors, including geneti...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Valent P

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00