A polymorphism in the TH 2 locus control region is associated with changes in DNA methylation and gene expression.

abstract：:The levels of peripheral-blood, naturally occurring aliphatic polyamines, such as putrescine, spermidine, and spermine, from 21 bronchial asthmatic patients (11 atopics and 10 nonatopics) were measured by postcolumn derivatization high-performance liquid chromatography analysis. None of the patients, except the 44-yea...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Kurosawa M,Shimizu Y,Tsukagoshi H,Ueki M

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a previous controlled study we demonstrated that preseasonal grass pollen immunotherapy for three years was effective in children. In the current study we examined the same group of patients to see if there is still a benefit six years after discontinuation of treatment. METHODS:Thirteen of 14 patients w...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Eng PA,Reinhold M,Gnehm HP

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of allergen immunotherapy (AIT) for allergic rhinitis and its clinical efficacy in clinical trials depends on the effective determination of pollen allergen exposure time periods. We evaluate pollen data from Germany to examine the new definitions on pollen season and peak pollen period start and end...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Karatzas K,Katsifarakis N,Riga M,Werchan B,Werchan M,Berger U,Pfaar O,Bergmann KC

更新日期：2018-09-01 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

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：:Environmental exposures in pregnancy and the early postnatal period affect early immune development. Early immune function and future allergy susceptibility appear to result from a combination of maternal phenotype, infant genotype, and environmental exposures in utero that affect early gene expression. Furthermore, e...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Prescott SL

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The worldwide increasing incidence of allergic diseases requires the development of new, efficient vaccination strategies, the only curative treatment with a long-lasting effect. Current allergen-specific immunotherapy protocols suffer from limited efficacy and a long treatment time. METHODS:We engineered m...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Crameri R,Flückiger S,Daigle I,Kündig T,Rhyner C

更新日期：2007-02-01 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:Data are lacking regarding the prevalence of food sensitization and probable food allergy among general population in India. We report the prevalence of sensitization and probable food allergy to 24 common foods among adults from general population in Karnataka, South India. METHODOLOGY:The study was conduc...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Mahesh PA,Wong GW,Ogorodova L,Potts J,Leung TF,Fedorova O,Holla AD,Fernandez-Rivas M,Clare Mills EN,Kummeling I,Versteeg SA,van Ree R,Yazdanbakhsh M,Burney P

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CD40 and OX40 Ligand (OX40L) are cell-surface molecules expressed on airway smooth muscle (ASM) that can enhance inflammatory cell activation and survival. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) on ASM CD40 and OX40L expres...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Krimmer DI,Loseli M,Hughes JM,Oliver BG,Moir LM,Hunt NH,Black JL,Burgess JK

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dupilumab, a fully human monoclonal antibody that binds IL-4Rα and inhibits signaling of both IL-4 and IL-13, has shown efficacy across multiple diseases with underlying type 2 signatures and is approved for treatment of asthma, atopic dermatitis, and chronic sinusitis with nasal polyposis. We sought to prov...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Le Floc'h A,Allinne J,Nagashima K,Scott G,Birchard D,Asrat S,Bai Y,Lim WK,Martin J,Huang T,Potocky TB,Kim JH,Rafique A,Papadopoulos NJ,Stahl N,Yancopoulos GD,Murphy AJ,Sleeman MA,Orengo JM

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast Pityrosporum orbiculare (P. orbiculare) is a member of the normal human cutaneous flora, but it is also associated with several clinical manifestations of the skin. We have previously observed IgE-binding components in P. orbiculare extracts, using sera from patients with atopic dermatitis. In the present st...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Zargari A,Härfast B,Johansson S,Johansson SG,Scheynius A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hen's egg (HE) allergy is a common disease in childhood. HE-specific serum IgE has been correlated with the outcome of oral food challenge tests, and diagnostic decision points have been described as helpful but still not sufficient to reduce the requirement for oral food challenges. The aim of the study was...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Ahrens B,Lopes de Oliveira LC,Schulz G,Borres MP,Niggemann B,Wahn U,Beyer K

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tiaramide hydrochloride (THC) is a new basic, non-steroidal, anti-flammatory drug. Its anti-anaphylactic action has been investigated using rat mast cells. It was found that THC exerts a strong inhibitory action on antigen-induced and compound 48/80-induced histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells in a fluorom...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Renoux ML,Weill BJ,Wallach D,Chwetzoff E

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alkaline serine proteases from six prevalent airborne Penicillium and Aspergillus species have been identified as a group of major allergens (group 13). After entering human airways, the allergens are in initial contacts with respiratory epithelial cells. The purpose of this study is to investigate interacti...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Tai HY,Tam MF,Chou H,Peng HJ,Su SN,Perng DW,Shen HD

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monozygotic (MZ) twins discordant for complex diseases may help to find disease mechanisms that are not due to genetic variants. Intermittent allergic rhinitis (IAR) is an optimal disease model because it occurs at defined time points each year, owing to known external antigens. We hypothesized that MZ twins discordan...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Sjogren AK,Barrenas F,Muraro A,Gustafsson M,Saetrom P,Wang H,Benson M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of the ocular surface disease in atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC) and vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) has not been fully understood. We tried to clarify the differences in the ocular surface status in patients with AKC, VKC, and healthy control subjects. METHODS:Twenty-four eyes of 12 AK...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Hu Y,Matsumoto Y,Dogru M,Okada N,Igarashi A,Fukagawa K,Tsubota K,Fujishima H

更新日期：2007-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Allergy has at least two components - a genetic predisposition referred to as atopy and the progress from an atopic state to clinically apparent disease. Peripheral blood monocytes are circulating myeloid precursors of antigen-presenting cells. The expression of cell surface proteins on monocytes may therefo...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： von Bubnoff D,Scheler M,Hinz T,Matz H,Koch S,Bieber T

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Allergic diseases have become a major public health problem in developed countries; yet, no reliable, safe and consistently effective treatment is available. DNA immunization has been shown to prevent and balance established allergic responses, however, the high dose of conventional DNA vaccines necessary fo...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Scheiblhofer S,Gabler M,Leitner WW,Bauer R,Zoegg T,Ferreira F,Thalhamer J,Weiss R

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Allergic asthma is associated with airway inflammation and dysfunction of pulmonary surfactant. Because surfactant proteins (SP) account for immunomodulatory functions as well as biophysical functions, we hypothesized that the allergic response in asthma might be accompanied by a dysregulation of SPs. METHO...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Erpenbeck VJ,Schmidt R,Günther A,Krug N,Hohlfeld JM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed an antigen- and isotype-specific ELISA for the rapid detection of native serum immune complexes (IC). It is a sandwich assay, in which a solid phase antigen-specific capture antibody selectively binds the antigen-specific IC via the antigen. The isotype of the bound IC is then identified using an enzyme-l...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Bell SJ,Potter PC

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipase A2 (E.C. 3.1.1.4.) is a major allergen of honey bee venom. It exists in a glycosylated and an unglycosylated variant. Both forms and the glycopeptide isolated after exhaustive proteolytic digestion were tested in RAST and RAST inhibition studies. IgE from 11 of 14 bee venom allergy sera exhibited signifi...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Weber A,Schröder H,Thalberg K,März L

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recurrent angioedema (RecA) is a frequent clinical problem characterized by suddenly occurring cutaneous and/or mucosal swellings. Depending on their location, RecA may be painful, hindering, disfiguring, or even life-threatening. The assessment of disease activity in affected patients is important to guide ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Weller K,Groffik A,Magerl M,Tohme N,Martus P,Krause K,Metz M,Staubach P,Maurer M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IgE-independent (pseudoallergic) reactions to food and food ingredients are common in a subgroup of adult patients with chronic urticaria, who have daily spontaneous occurrence of wheals. However, for children with chronic urticaria (duration longer than 6 weeks, no physical influence), no data on the import...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Ehlers I,Niggemann B,Binder C,Zuberbier T

更新日期：1998-11-01 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：:Taxonomy provides the basis for the identity of species, allowing the construction of keys and the reliable, reproducible identification of dust mites for ecologic purposes and other studies. Details are given of nomenclatorial conventions in taxonomy as applied to dust mites, and taxonomically problematic entities ar...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Colloff MJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daily sensitization of SPF BNxWi/Fu rats with ovalbumin (OA) in aerosol during 2-week periods with a 4-week interval resulted after 7 weeks in IgE, IgA and IgG antibodies in serum and bronchial fluid. After cultivation of the regional, axillary, brachial and mediastinal (ABM) lymph node cells, IgE antibodies were foun...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Ahlstedt S,Björkstén B,Hesselmar B,Nygren H,Alving K,Olaisson E

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basophils are primarily associated with immunomodulatory functions in allergic diseases and parasitic infections. Recently, it has been demonstrated that both activated human and mouse basophils can form extracellular DNA traps (BETs) containing mitochondrial DNA and granule proteins. In this report, we provide eviden...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Yousefi S,Morshed M,Amini P,Stojkov D,Simon D,von Gunten S,Kaufmann T,Simon HU

更新日期：2015-09-01 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