Influence of glycosphingolipids on the release of histamine and sulfidopeptide leukotrienes from human basophils.

abstract：:The participation of platelets in the protection against larval Taenia taeniaeformis was studied. CB-17 SCID mice, susceptible to T. taeniaeformis, were protected against a challenge infection with T. taeniaeformis by the passive transfer of platelets from T. taeniaeformis-infected normal CB-17 mice, resistant to T. t...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Kakuda T,Ooi HK,Oku Y,Kamiya M

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The allergenic potential of chicken egg white ovomucoid (OVM) is thought to depend on its stability to heat treatment and digestion. Pepsin-digested fragments have been speculated to continue to exert an allergenic potential. OVM was digested in simulated gastric fluid (SGF) to examine the reactivity of the ...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Takagi K,Teshima R,Okunuki H,Itoh S,Kawasaki N,Kawanishi T,Hayakawa T,Kohno Y,Urisu A,Sawada J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors have a critical role in innate immunity and host defence. However their role in allergic disease has not been studied in great detail. The presence of these receptors on mast cells opens up new possibilities concerning the role of Toll-like receptors in the pathogenesis of asthma and atopic dermati...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Marshall JS,McCurdy JD,Olynych T

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercuric chloride (HgCl(2)) has been proposed to be a mitogen for human blood lymphocytes in vitro. In our previous study, we demonstrated that HgCl(2) preferentially stimulates the CD4+ T cell subset to blast transformation and DNA synthesis and that the reaction is dependent on CD14+ accessory cells. In order to cha...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Loftenius A,Ekstrand J,Möller E

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High antibiotic prescribing rates for adults with an asthma exacerbation have been reported in developed countries, but few studies have assessed the variation of antibiotic and adjunctive treatment in the routine care of children. OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the trends in health resource utilization for childre...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Okubo Y,Horimukai K,Michihata N,Morita K,Matsui H,Fushimi K,Yasunaga H

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunological suppression is one of the important aspects which govern the regulation of the immune response. Clonal deletion, clonal anergy and the activity of suppressor cells were proposed as mechanisms leading to this phenomenon. In this review we provide evidence for the existence of suppressor (Ts) cells and the...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Arnon R,Teitelbaum D

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchial epithelial cells play an important role in the pathogenesis of some inflammatory diseases of bronchial mucosa. Epithelial-cell-derived cytokines are important in the elucidation of the mechanism by which airway inflammation occurs, especially in respiratory virus infection, because these cells are the primar...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Adachi M,Matsukura S,Tokunaga H,Kokubu F

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors are discussed as potential diagnostic parameters of atopic disorders. The amounts of sCD23 in sera from newborn children (n = 4,329) were determined by radioimmunoassay with monoclonal antibodies specific for CD23. The sCD23 levels ranged between 0 and 81.5 ng/ml of CD23-specific mAb. Furthermore, the sera of ...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Bujanowski-Weber J,Knöller I,Wahn U,König W

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is a potent biological mediator, and has a regulatory role in a wide variety of cellular and tissue functions. In the upper and lower airways, NO has been suggested to be involved in different functions with regulatory, protective, defensive or damaging effects. It is obvious that NO plays an importa...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Sahin G,Klimek L,Mullol J,Hörmann K,Walther LE,Pfaar O

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocytes and lymphocytes from human blood contain 0.043 +/- 0.007 and 0.053 +/- 0.014 pg histamine/cell, respectively, which can be released by a number of stimulants (A 23187, C5a, substance P, specific allergen). The release process takes 60-120 min to reach its end point, in contrast to tissue mast cells which com...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Schmutzler W,Bolsmann K,Zwadlo-Klarwasser G

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are known to be involved in a variety of cellular responses such as cell survival, proliferation, differentiation and cell migration. Recently, PI3Ks have been associated with the pathogenesis of asthma because various immune cells regulate allergic responses. Among the three classes...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Takeda M,Ito W,Tanabe M,Ueki S,Kihara J,Kato H,Tanigai T,Kayaba H,Sasaki T,Chihara J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant increase in the incidence of allergy and asthma has been observed during the past decades. The background of this phenomenon has not been well explained, but changes in lifestyle and habits are heavily discussed as contributing factors. Among these is a too clean environment, which may predispose individ...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Zaknun D,Schroecksnadel S,Kurz K,Fuchs D

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sweating can worsen atopic dermatitis (AD). The purpose of this work was to study the associations between reactivity to autologous sweat and the clinical severity of AD as well as investigate the possible wheal-inducing factors of sweat. METHODS:Intracutaneous skin tests with autologous sweat were performe...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Ilves T,Virolainen A,Harvima IT

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypersensitivity to contrast media (CMs) may be common and serious. AIM:To evaluate the prevalence of CM hypersensitivity, risk factors associated with it and the role of skin testing in its diagnosis. METHODS:A structured questionnaire was administered to patients who underwent computed tomography during ...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Goksel O,Aydın O,Atasoy C,Akyar S,Demirel YS,Misirligil Z,Bavbek S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Environmental factors play an important role in asthma morbidity, although the contribution of individual pollutants or pollens in exacerbating asthma is not completely elucidated. Despite the evidence of importance of the hornbeam pollen in inducing allergic sensitization, its role in provoking asthma exace...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Krmpotic D,Luzar-Stiffler V,Rakusic N,Stipic Markovic A,Hrga I,Pavlovic M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug hypersensitivity reactions (DHR) are clinically and functionally heterogeneous. Different subclassifications based on timing of symptom appearance or type of immune mechanism have been proposed. Here, we show that the mode of action of drugs leading to immune/inflammatory cell stimulation is a further decisive fa...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Pichler WJ,Hausmann O

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cross-sectional epidemiological studies have demonstrated that farm milk from traditional farm settings possesses allergoprotective properties. Up to now, it has not been clarified which milk ingredient is responsible for protection against allergic diseases. As farm milk is rich in conjugated linoleic acids...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Böcking C,Harb H,Ege MJ,Zehethofer N,Fischer K,Krauß J,Holst O,Nüsing RM,Lindner B,von Mutius E,Renz H,Garn H,Pfefferle PI

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidants including reactive oxygen species have been indicated to play an important role in the pathogenesis of asthma. OBJECTIVE:We investigated oxidative status in patients with acute exacerbations of asthma and evaluated the therapeutic response using the D-ROM test which is simple to use and quick. MET...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Suzuki S,Matsukura S,Takeuchi H,Kawaguchi M,Ieki K,Odaka M,Watanabe S,Homma T,Dohi K,Aruga T,Sato M,Kurokawa M,Kokubu F,Adachi M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated whether c-myc and ras P-21 oncogene expression could identify familial polyposis coli/Gardner's syndrome patients at risk for colon cancer. Monoclonal antibodies recognizing c-myc and ras P-21 proteins were used in immunohistochemistry to stain 26 paraffin-embedded tissue specimens collected over 12 years...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Yuwono M,Rossi TM,Fisher JE,Tjota A

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have previously shown that the allergic sensitization to ovalbumin does not represent a superantigen-like immune response. In gene-targeted mice (ΔD-iD) with a single modified Diversity gene segment (D(H)) of the immunoglobulin heavy chain, enriched for charged amino acids, the asthma phenotype in a murin...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Kerzel S,Rogosch T,Wagner J,Preisser K,Yildirim AÖ,Fehrenbach H,Garn H,Maier RF,Schroeder HW Jr,Zemlin M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antigenic and allergenic characteristics of three bovine epithelial extracts, dander, skin scrapings and whole skin, were compared using IgE-ELISA inhibition and SDS-PAGE with immunoblotting. Cow dander extract was shown to contain more allergenic activity than skin scrapings or whole skin extracts which were need...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Ylönen J,Mäntyjärvi R,Taivainen A,Virtanen T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:House dust mite contains several allergen components and causes perennial allergy. Lately, a new major allergen, Der p 23, was described with relatively high sensitization rates in different European Countries. In addition, Der p 23 is supposed to cause asthmatic disease. OBJECTIVE:We would like to questi...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Eder K,Becker S,Gellrich D,Zieglmayer P,Gröger M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether the costimulatory signal via CD28/B7 interaction is required for causing allergic inflammation, we examined the effect of administration of CTLA4-Ig, a fusion protein of the extracellular domain of CTLA4 and human IgG1-constant region, at the time of sensitization, on antigen-induced eosinophil in...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Kasai M,Kumano K,Kurasawa K,Nakao A,Saito Y,Iwamoto I

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the past years, dust of green coffee beans has become known to be a relevant cause for occupational type I allergies. Up to now, allergy diagnostics is based on native green coffee bean extract which exhibits insufficient specificity due to interfering substances as well as batch-to-batch variations. No...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Manavski N,Peters U,Brettschneider R,Oldenburg M,Baur X,Bittner C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The presence of autoantibodies reacting with the high affinity IgE receptor (FcepsilonRIalpha) usually indicates a more severe form of chronic urticaria (CU). Previously, we showed an increased lymphocyte reactivity in CU patients; however, the relation between enhanced cellular immunity and the presence of ...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Hidvégi B,Nagy E,Szabó T,Temesvári E,Marschalkó M,Kárpáti S,Horváth A,Gergely P

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lactobacillus casei is a nonpathogenic gram-positive bacterium widely used in dairy products and has been shown to enhance the cellular immunity of the host. METHODS:To examine the inhibitory effect of L. casei on IgE production, splenocytes obtained from ovalbumin (OVA)-primed BALB/c mice were restimulated...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Shida K,Makino K,Morishita A,Takamizawa K,Hachimura S,Ametani A,Sato T,Kumagai Y,Habu S,Kaminogawa S

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IgE is a key mediator in allergic diseases. However, in strong contrast to other antibody isotypes, many details of the composition of the human IgE repertoire are poorly defined. The low levels of human IgE in the circulation and the rarity of IgE-producing B cells are important reasons for this lack of knowledge. In...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Gadermaier E,Levin M,Flicker S,Ohlin M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite parallel increases in asthma and obesity prevalence, there is little data on obesity as a risk factor for atopy. The latter is an important phenotype in asthmatic patients. This study investigates the association between asthma traits, atopy and obesity-related markers in Chinese adolescents. METHOD...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Leung TF,Kong AP,Chan IH,Choi KC,Ho CS,Chan MH,So WY,Lam CW,Wong GW,Chan JC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mast cell-released chemical mediators such as histamine, leukotriene (LT) C(4) and prostaglandin (PG) D(2) lead to the onset of allergic disorders. ATP provided from glycolysis is essential for histamine release and LTC(4) secretion from mast cells upon Fc epsilon RI cross-linking, indicating that glucose is...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Kitahata Y,Nunomura S,Terui T,Ra C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB is a transcription factor known to regulate allergy-associated cytokine and chemokine production related to the induction of inflammation. I kappaB kinase beta (IKK beta), which is responsible for activation of the NF-kappaB pathway, may be an ideal molecular target to inhibit this...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Sugita A,Ogawa H,Azuma M,Muto S,Honjo A,Yanagawa H,Nishioka Y,Tani K,Itai A,Sone S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00