Interactions between epithelial cells and dendritic cells in airway immune responses: lessons from allergic airway disease.

abstract：:MeDALL (Mechanisms of the Development of ALLergy; EU FP7-CP-IP; Project No: 261357; 2010-2015) has proposed an innovative approach to develop early indicators for the prediction, diagnosis, prevention and targets for therapy. MeDALL has linked epidemiological, clinical and basic research using a stepwise, large-scale ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Bousquet J,Anto JM,Akdis M,Auffray C,Keil T,Momas I,Postma DS,Valenta R,Wickman M,Cambon-Thomsen A,Haahtela T,Lambrecht BN,Lodrup Carlsen KC,Koppelman GH,Sunyer J,Zuberbier T,Annesi-Maesano I,Arno A,Bindslev-Jensen C

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bronchial asthma is common in Kuwait, a desert country, but the sensitizing allergens are uncertain. This study investigated the sensitizing allergens in Kuwaiti patients with extrinsic asthma. METHODS:A total of 553 asthmatics (male:female ratio: 1.4; mean age: 31.7 years [range 3-76 years]) and 112 matche...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Ezeamuzie CI,Thomson MS,Al-Ali S,Dowaisan A,Khan M,Hijazi Z

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacologic intervention in the management of allergic conjunctivitis was evaluated with different topical ocular agents in man. Their effect can be precisely assessed with the conjunctival provocation test (CPT). A potent specific H1-receptor antagonist, 0.05% mequitazine eye-drops, was tested in a double-blind ran...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Persi L,Dupin O,Arnaud B,Trinquand C,Michel FB,Bousquet J

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chronic cough, one of the most frequent causes for a patient to consult a medical practitioner, limits the course of normal activities in everyday life of the patient affected (work, physical activities, social relations, night sleep). By now, there are few validated questionnaires for the evaluation of th...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Baiardini I,Braido F,Fassio O,Tarantini F,Pasquali M,Tarchino F,Berlendis A,Canonica GW

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with a previous history of hypersensitivity reaction (HSR) to iodinated contrast media (ICM) are at high risk of the development of HSR to ICM. Many studies have tried to evaluate the diagnostic potential of skin tests in this population but have not yet reached a common conclusion. We investigated ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Yoon SH,Lee SY,Kang HR,Kim JY,Hahn S,Park CM,Chang YS,Goo JM,Cho SH

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of "free" anti-IgE autoantibodies and IgE/anti-IgE immune complexes were measured in the sera of patients with atopic dermatitis before and after treatment, psoriasis patients, and nonatopic controls. In this measurement, we used two monoclonal antibodies with distinct in vitro functions (LE 27, BSW 17), direct...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Czech W,Stadler BM,Schôpf E,Kapp A

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The diagnosis of allergic reactions to drugs is difficult. Most skin tests are not standardized, and in vitro tests are needed to avoid provocation tests. Cross-linking of IgE on basophils is known to cause the release of both cysteinyl leukotriene (Cys-LT) and histamine. We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Lebel B,Messaad D,Kvedariene V,Rongier M,Bousquet J,Demoly P

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ketotifen is marketed throughout the world as an antiallergy drug, but whether it affects infiltration of inflammatory cells into airway mucosa is not known. We studied the effects of ketotifen on symptoms, pulmonary function, and airway inflammation in 25 patients with atopic asthma. Patients took ketotifen (1 mg twi...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Hoshino M,Nakamura Y,Shin Z,Fukushima Y

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Specific allergen immunotherapy (SIT) and nasal steroids (NS) are considered effective anti-inflammatory treatments for allergic rhinitis, although their mechanism of action differs. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to examine the effect of treatment with NS and SIT on different populations of inflammato...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Rak S,Heinrich C,Scheynius A

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Work-related asthma is the most common occupational respiratory disorder in the industrialized countries. It has been postulated that wood dust exposure may increase the risk of work-related asthma. The objective of this study was to assess, through a meta-analysis, the risk of developing work-related asthma associate...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Pérez-Ríos M,Ruano-Ravina A,Etminan M,Takkouche B

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonallergic non-infectious perennial rhinitis (NANIPER) is a heterogeneous disorder comprising several pathophysiological entities. The etiology of some of these disorders (e.g. drug-induced rhinitis, nonallergic rhinitis with eosinophilia syndrome [NARES], occupational rhinitis, hormonal rhinitis, emotion-induced rhi...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Garay R

更新日期：2004-01-01 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:Since 1988, numerous allergen immunotherapy guidelines (AIT-GLs) have been developed by national and international organizations to guide physicians in AIT. Even so, AIT is still severely underused. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate AIT-GLs with AGREE-II, developed in 2010 by McMaster University methodologists to compr...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Larenas-Linnemann DES,Antolín-Amérigo D,Parisi C,Nakonechna A,Luna-Pech JA,Wedi B,Davila I,Gómez M,Levin M,Ortega Martell JA,Klimek L,Rosario N,Muraro AM,Agache I,Bousquet J,Sheikh A,EAACI International Societies Council.

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Analyses of exhaled volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have shown promising results when distinguishing individuals with asthma. Currently, there are no biomarkers for uncontrolled asthma. Therefore, we aimed to assess, in a real-life clinical setting, the ability of the exhaled VOC analysis, using an electro...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Farraia M,Cavaleiro Rufo J,Paciência I,Castro Mendes F,Rodolfo A,Rama T,Rocha SM,Delgado L,Brinkman P,Moreira A

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has evolved as a pandemic infectious disease transmitted by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-)2. Allergists and other health care providers (HCPs) in the field of allergies and associated airway diseases are in the front line, taking care of ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Pfaar O,Klimek L,Jutel M,Akdis CA,Bousquet J,Breiteneder H,Chinthrajah S,Diamant Z,Eiwegger T,Fokkens WJ,Fritsch HW,Nadeau KC,O'Hehir RE,O'Mahony L,Rief W,Sampath V,Schedlowski M,Torres M,Traidl-Hoffmann C,Wang DY,

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The bioavailability of three different theophylline tablets (microcrystallinic theophylline, Theolair, Nuelin, 3M Riker), choline theophyllinate as a new film-coated tablet (Teovent, Ferrosan, Sweden) and theophyllaminopropanol (Oxyphylline, Draco, Sweden) was investigated in eight adult asthmatics and a randomized, d...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Svedmyr K,Mellstrand T,Svedmyr N

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken to see whether the principal airborne fungi in the North-East Netherlands were also found to be the most reactive in skin testing. Atmospheric samples were taken weekly with the Andersen sampler, from April 1981, up to and including, June 1983. At the same time skin tests of 833 patients referre...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Beaumont F,Kauffman HF,de Monchy JG,Sluiter HJ,de Vries K

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overproduction of periostin, an IL-13-inducible matricellular protein, despite corticosteroid treatment is thought to be involved in the chronicity of allergic inflammation seen in corticosteroid-refractory tissue fibrosis. Therefore, we hypothesized that some tissue cells must produce periostin in a corticosteroid-in...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Shoda T,Futamura K,Kobayashi F,Saito H,Matsumoto K,Matsuda A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Climate therapy has been used for decades in the treatment of atopic dermatitis (AD), but evidence of its effectiveness has not yet been assessed systematically. A systematic literature search in Medline, Embase, and the Cochrane library was performed to identify all original studies concerning alpine climate treatmen...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Fieten KB,Weststrate AC,van Zuuren EJ,Bruijnzeel-Koomen CA,Pasmans SG

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 708 adolescents aged 15-17 years in the 9th grade of school in Imatra. Of the eligible population born in 1962 77% were included. All were skin prick tested with 16 extracts from two manufacturers with 12 common allergens, which included pollens, epithelia, mite, house dust and fish. At least one positive, ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Haahtela T,Björkstén F,Heiskala M,Suoniemi I

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Date-palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) fruits are eaten daily by most inhabitants of the Middle East and the neighboring countries. Recent reports have indicated that dates are allergenic. This study aimed to investigate the antigenic and allergenic potential of date fruits. METHODS:Date-fruit extracts from eig...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Kwaasi AA,Harfi HA,Parhar RS,Al-Sedairy ST,Collison KS,Panzani RC,Al-Mohanna FA

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：:Hypophysectomized (Hypo-X) rats did not develop contact dermatitis in response to dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB). Syngeneic pituitary grafts placed under the kidney capsule or daily treatment with prolactin restored the DNCB-reactivity of Hypo-X animals. Combined treatment with other pituitary hormones was ineffective. T...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Nagy E,Berczi I

更新日期：1981-08-01 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：:We studied the allergen composition in an extract of the storage mite Lepidoglyphus destructor. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were raised against L. destructor by a standard hybridoma technique. In the subsequent screening, we concentrated on mAbs fulfilling three criteria. First, in ELISA, mAbs were assessed against a...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Olsson S,Härfast B,Johansson SG,van Hage-Hamsten M

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma is a complex disorder, which is known to be affected by interactions between genetic and environmental factors. The human Eotaxin 1 and CCR3 attract eosinophils and Th2-lymphocytes to migrate to the inflammatory foci that could represent a key mechanism in allergy and asthma. OBJECTIVE:We hypothesize...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Wang TN,Chiang W,Tseng HI,Chu YT,Chen WY,Shih NH,Ko YC

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：:The presence of indoor allergens in Finnish homes was studied for the first time. Dust samples (n = 30) were collected by vacuuming a 1 m2 area from a living-room carpet in 30 apartments divided into three groups: homes with cats (n = 10), homes with dogs (n = 10), and homes without pets (n = 10). The levels of major ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Raunio P,Pasanen AL,Reiman M,Virtanen T

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intradermal skin testing of the clinically important antibiotics ciprofloxacin, clarithromycin, and rifampicin in the case of suspected allergies to antibiotics is poorly standardized. For clinical practice, standardized procedures and protocols are desired. METHODS:Fifteen healthy volunteers were tested wi...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Brož P,Harr T,Hecking C,Grize L,Scherer K,Jaeger KA,Bircher AJ

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In atopic individuals, exposure to allergens is followed by recruitment of blood eosinophils in the target tissue. We investigated whether allergen inhalation challenge could result in depletion of blood eosinophils overexpressing adhesion molecules involved in eosinophil migration. METHODS:Blood eosinophil...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Lantero S,Spallarossa D,Silvestri M,Sabatini F,Scarso L,Crimi E,Rossi GA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00