Modified basophil degranulation test in diagnosis of bee and wasp sting allergies.

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：:Inhaled corticosteroids are recommended as first-line therapy in patients with moderate to severe asthma. The use of these agents in the milder form of asthma is controversial because of their potential adverse effects, especially in growing children. We investigated 49 asthmatic children (38 treated with beclomethaso...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Martinati LC,Bertoldo F,Gasperi E,Fortunati P,Lo Cascio V,Boner AL

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymes can cause allergic asthma and rhinitis. Although patients sometimes complain of symptoms in their throat, we have not been able to find any published report of pharyngeal edema caused by exposure to enzymes. We present the case of a maintenance foreman who worked in a factory producing enzymes, and who had pha...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Hytönen M,Vanhanen M,Keskinen H,Tuomi T,Tupasela O,Nordman H

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We observed two cases of maculopapular eruption occurring 12-72 h after the administration of aminocaproic acid (ACA). Patch tests performed with ACA were positive. Clinical and allergologic patterns suggest the type IV mechanism of hypersensitivity. We present what we believe are the first two cases described of hype...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： González Gutiérrez ML,Esteban López MI,Ruíz Ruíz MD

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 77 consecutive patients with grass pollen rhinitis as the only allergic disease, treatment with sodium cromoglycate (SCG) nasal spray, hyposensitization with aluminium hydroxide adsorbed extract of grass pollen as perennial treatment, and a combination of the two was compared. Specific serum-IgE, IgG and IgG4 were ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Andersen NH,Jeppesen F,Schiøler T,Osterballe O

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate possible effects of landscape design on the IgE sensitization profile toward inhalant allergens in patients with respiratory allergy from Uzbekistan where green areas have been changed during the last two decades by a State program. Sera from two different generations of Uzbek ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Garib V,Wollmann E,Djambekova G,Lemell P,Kmenta M,Berger U,Zieglmayer P,Valenta R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is now extensive evidence that asthma results from inflammation in large and small airways, and that the degree of inflammation reflects the clinical severity of the disease. Most of this evidence, however, has come from studies in adult patients. Evidence in children comes largely from indirect studies such as ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： van Aalderen WM,Sprikkelman AB,Hoekstra MO

更新日期：1999-01-01 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:Recombinant allergens offer a tool for improving specific immunotherapy (SIT). OBJECTIVE:To find the optimal dose of a new hypoallergenic folding variant of recombinant Bet v 1 (rBet v 1-FV) as SIT for patients with birch pollen allergy. METHODS:Before SIT, thirty-seven adult patients were exposed for eigh...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Meyer W,Narkus A,Salapatek AM,Häfner D

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The measurement of peak nasal inspiratory flow (PNIF) provides a simple, cheap, fast and readily available tool for determining the extent of nasal airway patency. However, there are questions regarding its repeatability when used to assess the degree of nasal obstruction in large populations. Therefore, thi...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Starling-Schwanz R,Peake HL,Salome CM,Toelle BG,Ng KW,Marks GB,Lean ML,Rimmer SJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double blind cross-over study 24 children suffering from acute bronchoconstriction were treated with either placebo, or terbutaline delivered by a pressurized aerosol with a tube spacer (TS), or salbutamol from a dry powder inhaler (Rotahaler = RO). Both active treatments resulted in a significant increase in FEV...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Pedersen S

更新日期：1985-05-01 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：:This paper presents the response in subjects with asthma to gaseous air-pollution levels, weather, and medicine intake as identified by principal-component analysis and neural network techniques. Pulmonary function measured by respiratory peak-flow rate in nonallergic asthmatics was associated with ambient, low-level,...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Moseholm L,Taudorf E,Frøsig A

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double blind study, alcohol/onion extract (5% ethanol) was injected simultaneously with 20 IU and 200 IU rabbit anti-human-IgE intradermally in 12 adult volunteers (6 atopics, 6 non-atopics). Diameters of wheals and flares were measured 10 min after and compared with control sites challenged with 20 IU and 200 IU...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Dorsch W,Ring J

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Application of strict diagnostic criteria to celiac disease has led to the realization that there is a wide clinical spectrum within this disease. Normally there are immune reactions to dietary proteins, particularly secretory antibodies of IgA class, low titers of serum antibody and specific down-regulation of IgE an...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Ferguson A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CD69 is a molecule expressed on human eosinophils after cytokine-activation. Different studies have described the eosinophil activation, evaluated by CD69 expression, at the site of an allergic inflammation. In this study we evaluated the expression of CD69 on peripheral blood eosinophils after a specific in...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Pignatti P,Perfetti L,Galdi E,Pozzi V,Bossi A,Biale C,Moscato G

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although atopic sensitization is one of the strongest risk factors for asthma, its relationship with asthma is poorly understood. We hypothesize that 'atopy' encompasses multiple sub-phenotypes that relate to asthma in different ways. METHODS:In two population-based birth cohorts (Manchester and Isle of Wig...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Lazic N,Roberts G,Custovic A,Belgrave D,Bishop CM,Winn J,Curtin JA,Hasan Arshad S,Simpson A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that different sites in healthy human skin are colonized by distinct microbial communities due to different physiological conditions. However, few studies have explored microbial heterogeneity between skin sites in diseased skin, such as atopic dermatitis (AD) lesions. To address this issue, we ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Ottman N,Barrientos-Somarribas M,Fyhrquist N,Alexander H,Wisgrill L,Olah P,Tsoka S,Greco D,Levi-Schaffer F,Soumelis V,Schröder JM,Kere J,Nestle FO,Barker J,Ranki A,Lauerma A,Homey B,Andersson B,Alenius H

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:House-dust mites are a major source of allergens. Beds are often heavily infested. It is conceivable that, during the winter period in temperate climates, the ambient indoor air is too dry for their survival, but that mites can still survive in beds where the humidity is raised when the bed is occupied. To investigate...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： de Boer R,Kuller K

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：: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：:The recent advances in the knowledge of the basic mechanisms underlying asthmatic inflammation have significantly contributed to the delineation of new therapeutic perspectives for asthma. There are currently three main approaches to the development of novel antiasthma treatments: 1) improvement in existing classes of...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Pelaia G,Vatrella A,Calabrese C,Mazzarella G,Marsico SA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma deaths are uncommon, but have recently increased in some countries due to problems in the management of the disease. Morbidity rates show large variations, which can be attributed to differences in defining the disease, but also to genuine variations, with a trend towards less asthma in northern Europe. It has ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Charpin D,Vervloet D,Charpin J

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Investigation of preschool asthma is important since not all children outgrow their illness during this age. Data are scarce on the role of rhinovirus (RV) infections in this patient group. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the role of RV infections in preschool asthma: (i) susceptibility factors, (ii) clinical cou...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Jartti T,Liimatainen U,Xepapadaki P,Vahlberg T,Bachert C,Finotto S,Kowalski ML,Sobanska A,Lukkarinen H,Pasioti M,Vuorinen T,Zhang N,Zimmermann T,Papadopoulos NG

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New therapies are necessary to address inadequate asthma control in many patients. This study sets out to investigate whether hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) is essential for development of allergic airway inflammation (AAI) and therefore a potential novel target for asthma treatment. METHODS:Mice conditiona...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Huerta-Yepez S,Baay-Guzman GJ,Bebenek IG,Hernandez-Pando R,Vega MI,Chi L,Riedl M,Diaz-Sanchez D,Kleerup E,Tashkin DP,Gonzalez FJ,Bonavida B,Zeidler M,Hankinson O

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sequential human herpes virus (HHV) reactivation is well known in drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptom (DRESS), but such a phenomenon has seldom studied in other types of cutaneous adverse drug reactions (cADRs). Moreover, the association between viral reactivations and cytokine or chemokine ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Chen YC,Chiang HH,Cho YT,Chang CY,Chen KL,Yang CW,Lee YH,Chu CY

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that increased reactivity to polymyxin B in asthmatic patients is not limited to the bronchi but also exists in basophils was investigated in 26 atopic asthmatic subjects. Quantification of basophil degranulation induced by polymyxin B was performed using a flow-cytometric method. Significant degranulat...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Górski P,Rozniecki J,Kuźmińska B,Grzegorczyk J

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fluticasone furoate is a novel-enhanced affinity glucocorticoid and its long-term safety must be assessed. This study was designed to assess the safety and tolerability of 12-month intranasal administration of fluticasone furoate in adult and adolescent patients with perennial allergic rhinitis (PAR). METHO...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Rosenblut A,Bardin PG,Muller B,Faris MA,Wu WW,Caldwell MF,Fokkens WJ

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper reports a study on the concentrations of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-18 and IL-1beta in nasal secretions of allergic rhinitis patients in relation to ECP and nasal symptoms. METHODS:We measured IL-18 and IL-1beta concentrations using ELISA, and eosinophilic cationic protein (ECP) using the ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Verhaeghe B,Gevaert P,Holtappels G,Lukat KF,Lange B,Van Cauwenberge P,Bachert C

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reasons for asthma hospitalizations are dynamic and complex. Comorbid conditions are important contributors to most chronic diseases today. We aim to characterize and describe risk factors associated with hospitalizations due to asthma in the Languedoc-Roussillon region (France) in 2009. METHODS:Programme d...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Aubas C,Bourdin A,Aubas P,Gamez AS,Halimi L,Vachier I,Malafaye N,Chanez P,Molinari N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00