Seasonal allergic rhinitis and depot injection of a corticosteroid. Evaluation of the efficacy of medication early and late in the season based on detailed symptom recording.

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：:This study evaluated the risk factors for developing allergic reactions to alternative drugs such as acetaminophen and nimesulide in 367 patients intolerant of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) compared to 243 healthy controls. All subjects were given test doses (TD) of acetaminophen and nimesulide, and age...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Pastorello EA,Zara C,Riario-Sforza GG,Pravettoni V,Incorvaia C

更新日期：1998-09-01 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：:Delayed hypersensitivity to rubber chemicals is well known, but there are only a limited number of case reports on an immediate type of hypersensitivity inducing contact urticaria. We have recently seen several patients with rubber glove-induced contact urticaria who have had both positive skin prick tests and positiv...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Axelsson JG,Johansson SG,Wrangsjö K

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of fibrocytes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is unknown. We sought to enumerate blood and tissue fibrocytes in COPD and determine the association of blood fibrocytes with clinical features of disease. METHODS:Utilizing flow cytometry to identify circulating, collagen type 1+ cells,...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Wright AK,Newby C,Hartley RA,Mistry V,Gupta S,Berair R,Roach KM,Saunders R,Thornton T,Shelley M,Edwards K,Barker B,Brightling CE

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last few years, an impressive amount of experimental studies and clinical trials have dealt with a variety of distinct topics in allergic skin diseases - especially atopic dermatitis. In this update, we discuss selected recent data that provide relevant insights into clinical and pathophysiological aspects ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Wollenberg A,Feichtner K

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the relationship between the specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) profile for 40 allergens using a novel microarray technique (BioIC) and fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) in a population sample of 1321 children. Significant positive associations were found between FeNO and sensitization to mi...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Yao TC,Tsai HJ,Tu YL,Chang SW,Hua MC,Liao SL,Tsai MH,Chiu CY,Lai SH,Yeh KW,Huang JL,PATCH study group.

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：:Topical corticosteroids have proved to be effective in the treatment of allergic rhinitis. The symptomatology of allergic rhinitis is considered to be the result of the accumulation and activation of inflammatory cells and cytokine release and hence the efficacy of corticosteroids is associated with their anti-inflamm...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Fokkens WJ,Godthelp T,Holm AF,Blom H,Klein-Jan A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been a world-wide increase in the prevalence of atopic diseases. These atopic diseases, including asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and atopic eczema/dermatitis, are common in childhood and create a challenge of management for physicians and parents. METHODS:MEDLINE was searched for articles re...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： O'Connell EJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical tools for predicting poor outcomes in asthma patients are lacking. This study investigated the association of asthma control and subsequent severe asthma-related healthcare events in The Epidemiology and Natural History of Asthma: Outcomes and Treatment Regimens (TENOR) study. METHODS:The extent of...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Sullivan SD,Wenzel SE,Bresnahan BW,Zheng B,Lee JH,Pritchard M,Kamath TV,Weiss ST,TENOR Study Group.

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenotypes and receptors of the intraepithelial lymphocytes which are a major component of the mucosal immune system are of considerable interest. Intraepithelial lymphocytes, especially those of the intestines, are well documented. The nasal intraepithelial lymphocytes probably play a key role in the immune defen...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Pawankar R,Okuda M

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cytokine network is thought to be essential in orchestrating airway inflammation in asthma. Although evidence has accumulated to suggest that atopic asthma is a Th2 disease, much less is known about nonatopic asthma. METHODS:We have compared the production of IL-4, IL-6, IFN-gamma, and TNF-alpha from pe...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Bettiol J,Bartsch P,Louis R,De Groote D,Gevaerts Y,Louis E,Malaise M

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histamine is a key mediator in the development of allergy symptoms, and oral H(1)-antihistamines are among the most widely used treatments for symptomatic relief in conditions such as allergic rhinitis and chronic urticaria. Ebastine is a second-generation antihistamine which has been shown to be an effective treatmen...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Sastre J

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Buckwheat flour (BF) is known as a potent food allergen. Sensitization to it usually occurs by ingestion but also by inhalation in occupational or domestic exposure. Buckwheat chaff-stuffed pillows (BCP) can be contaminated with BF during the process of pilling, and many Korean children and adults use BCP fo...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Lee SY,Lee KS,Hong CH,Lee KY

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arachidonic acid metabolism represents an important source of mediators with ambivalent actions. Among these, lipoxins (LXs) are the first agents identified and recognized as anti-inflammatory endogenous lipid mediators, which are involved in the resolution of inflammation and are present in the airways of asthmatic p...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Bonnans C,Chanez P,Chavis C

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine patients with asthma and aspirin-sensitivity were studied in an attempt to induce tolerance to aspirin (ASA). Starting with the smallest ASA doses eliciting bronchial obstruction (threshold doses) we doubled the doses on subsequent days and finally achieved good tolerance of 600 mg ASA per day in 27 patien...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Kowalski ML,Grzelewska-Rzymowska I,Rozniecki J,Szmidt M

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mannitol-induced bronchoconstriction in subjects with exercise-induced asthma is associated with increased urinary excretion of 9alpha, 11beta-PGF(2), a metabolite of prostaglandin D(2) (PGD(2)) serving as a mast cell marker. It has however been questioned whether or not human mast cells release PGD(2) and l...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Gulliksson M,Palmberg L,Nilsson G,Ahlstedt S,Kumlin M

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:The clinical effects in asthma of corticosteroids can be ascribed to their strong anti-inflammatory action. The pathophysiology of asthma is complex. A diversity of mediators and interactions between mediators and between mediators and various cell types enhances and maintains the inflammatory process in the airways r...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Norn S,Clementsen P

更新日期：1988-08-01 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：:We investigated the relationship between residence in the neighbourhood of an aluminium smelter and the prevalence of atopy in schoolchildren (7-13 years of age). Atopy was assessed in 556 of the 620 participants by a skin prick test with eight common aeroallergens. The median exposures to sulphur dioxide and fluoride...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Søyseth V,Kongerud J,Boe J

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The capacity of inflammatory cells to adhere involves an array of adhesion molecules, and is critical to the inflammatory responses seen in childhood asthma. We aimed to determine the changes of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and L-selectin expressed on peripheral blood (PB) T lymphocytes and nat...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Lin SJ,Chang LY,Yan DC,Huang YJ,Lin TJ,Lin TY

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dissecting complex diseases in underlying distinct traits and studying these for their genetic basis might enhance the power as well as the specificity, of detection of disease genes. These phenotypes are known as intermediate phenotypes. OBJECTIVE:We were interested in the atopic basis of asthma, and used ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Kurz T,Altmueller J,Strauch K,Rüschendorf F,Heinzmann A,Moffatt MF,Cookson WO,Inacio F,Nürnberg P,Stassen HH,Deichmann KA

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60-year-old man developed an anaphylactic reaction immediately after administration of intramuscular sodium cefuroxime. By means of oral controlled challenge, the reaction was reproduced with a smaller dose of cefuroxime axetil. Cross-reactivity with other betalactam antibiotics was ruled out by in vivo tests. This ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Marcos Bravo C,Luna Ortiz I,González Vázquez R

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mechanisms driving glucocorticoid (GC) insensitivity in patients with severe asthma are still unknown. Recent evidence suggests the existence of GC-insensitive pathways in airway smooth muscle (ASM) caused by a defect in GC receptor (GRα) function. We examined whether other mechanisms could potentially e...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Chachi L,Abbasian M,Gavrila A,Alzahrani A,Tliba O,Bradding P,Wardlaw AJ,Brightling C,Amrani Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to house-dust-mite allergens is an important cause of allergic reactions in sensitized patients. In community-based studies, sensitization to house-dust mites, as ascertained by a positive skin test or by an increased allergen-specific IgE level in serum, is associated with both diminished lung function and e...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： van der Heide S,Dubois AE,Kauffman HF,de Monchy JG

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polcalcins are pollen-specific allergens with two EF-hand calcium-binding sites that exhibit strong cross-reactivity. Our objective was to isolate and express the cDNA coding of the EF-hand calcium-binding allergen from lilac pollen and to study cross-reactivity with other polcalcins from related and nonrela...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Ledesma A,Barderas R,Westritschnig K,Quiralte J,Pascual CY,Valenta R,Villalba M,Rodríguez R

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The site of antagonistic action on allergen-induced early skin reactions by the beta 2-agonist terbutaline was studied by light microscopy in 10 atopic subjects. Pretreatment with 1 microgram terbutaline intradermally 5 min prior to challenge with horse dander allergen produced an approximate inhibition of 85 and 55% ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Grönneberg R,Lagerholm B

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Specific IgE tests are sometimes difficult to interpret due to structural similarities between certain food and pollen allergens. This may be the reason why concomitant sensitization to peanut and birch pollen is frequently seen. The aim of this study was to investigate reported symptoms to peanut- and birch...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Asarnoj A,Ostblom E,Ahlstedt S,Hedlin G,Lilja G,van Hage M,Wickman M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00