N-terminus of a major allergen, Alt a I, of Alternaria alternata defined to be an epitope.

abstract：:Chlorhexidine is a commonly used antiseptic and disinfectant in the health-care setting. Its usage has increased in recent years with intensive campaigns and infection control guidelines to combat hospital-acquired infections. As a result, patients and health-care workers (HCW) are exposed to increasing chlorhexidine ...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Hong CC,Wang SM,Nather A,Tan JH,Tay SH,Poon KH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superoxide (O2-) and nitric oxide (NO) production by polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMNs) and monocytes in patients with liver cirrhosis were evaluated. PMNs obtained from cirrhotic patients were less effective than those from controls in producing O2- after stimulation with opsonized zymosan, while they were more effec...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Masini E,Mugnai L,Foschi M,Laffi G,Gentilini P,Mannaioni PF

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have previously shown that human monocyte-derived dendritic cells (moDCs) may participate in immune system-mediated hypercoagulable state through enhanced tissue factor (TF) expression and that the complement system may be involved in this process. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to explore the role...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Kasuda S,Sakurai Y,Tatsumi K,Takeda T,Kudo R,Yuui K,Hatake K

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymulin is a nonapeptide hormone isolated from the thymus gland. It has immunomodulatory effects which have not yet been well defined. Its major actions have been shown to be on T-cells and their immature precursors. In this study, thymulin was tested in vitro for its effect on the release of IL-1 alpha, IL-2, IL-6 a...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Safieh-Garabedian B,Ahmed K,Khamashta MA,Taub NA,Hughes GR

更新日期：1993-01-01 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:beta2-Adrenergic agonists play a pivotal role in the management of bronchial asthma. Although the major effect of short-acting beta2-agonists on the airway is relaxation of smooth muscles, they may also have several effects on surrounding immunomodulatory cells. METHODS:We examined whether widely used short...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Yasui K,Kobayashi N,Yamazaki T,Agematsu K,Matsuzaki S,Nakata S,Baba A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is important to understand that allergic rhinitis, whether seasonal or perennial, may be difficult to distinguish clinically from the nonallergic forms of rhinitis. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to investigate the presence of local allergic rhinitis (LAR) in children who have allergic rhinitis symptoms in t...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Duman H,Bostanci I,Ozmen S,Dogru M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cervical sympathetic trunk-submandibular gland (CST-SMG) axis plays an important role in inflammation. An immunoregulatory heptapeptide, submandibular gland peptide T (SGP-T), was isolated from submandibular glands, and several of its biological activities have been identified. RESULTS:SGP-T reduced sho...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Mathison RD,Davison JS,Befus AD

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloprotease) family members, characterized by a metalloprotease and a disintegrin domain, are membrane-anchored glycoproteins involved in proteolysis and cell adhesion. ADAM8 might have an important role in allergic inflammation. It can cleave a variety of substrates and is a shed...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Matsuno O,Miyazaki E,Nureki S,Ueno T,Ando M,Ito K,Kumamoto T,Higuchi Y

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the relation between allergic rhinitis severity and airborne pollen in combination with air pollutants. OBJECTIVE:To model the risk of suffering from severe seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) as a function of both pollen count and air pollution levels in a large nationwide sample of pati...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Annesi-Maesano I,Rouve S,Desqueyroux H,Jankovski R,Klossek JM,Thibaudon M,Demoly P,Didier A

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:A negative association has been observed between infections and allergy in several studies. The aim of the present study was to examine whether tuberculosis and leprosy patients have more or fewer allergies than healthy individuals. METHOD:Sera from tuberculosis patients, leprosy patients and healthy contro...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Ellertsen LK,Wiker HG,Egeberg NT,Hetland G

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased serum IgE and enhanced susceptibility to viral infections, decreased levels of interferons, lymphocytic skin infiltrates and IgE-bearing epidermal Langerhans cells are striking features in patients with atopic eczema (AE). Since the hyper-IgE syndrome is known to improve under alpha-interferon (alpha-IFN) th...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Gruschwitz MS,Peters KP,Heese A,Stosiek N,Koch HU,Hornstein OP

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Obesity-associated asthma is characterized by type 2-low airway inflammation. We previously showed that EM900, which is a 12-membered nonantibiotic macrolide, suppressed airway inflammation in a mouse model of asthma exacerbation. The aim of this study was to clarify the effects of EM900 in obesity-associa...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Sadamatsu H,Takahashi K,Tashiro H,Kurihara Y,Kato G,Uchida M,Noguchi Y,Kurata K,Ōmura S,Sunazuka T,Kimura S,Sueoka-Aragane N

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recombinant dog allergens, rCan f 1 and rCan f 2, and their antibodies are good tools for the characterization of dog allergens in order to develop modern therapeutic and preventive methods for dog allergy. METHODS:In this study, cDNA was synthesized from the mRNA of dog salivary glands and cloned into the ...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Kamata Y,Miyanomae A,Nakayama E,Miyanomae T,Tajima T,Hoshi H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of NZ-107 in a number of animal models of anaphylactic bronchoconstriction. In conscious guinea pigs, pretreated with indomethacin, pyrilamine and propranolol, passively sensitized with heterologous anti serum, NZ-107 in doses of 10-30 mg/kg per os inhibited the aerosolized antigen-induced cough ...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Iwama T,Shikada K,Yamamoto A,Sakashita M,Hibi M,Tanaka S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral immunotherapy (OIT) is a significant focus of treatment of food allergy. OIT appears to be effective in inducing desensitization, however, patients receiving OIT frequently developmild/moderate symptoms during the therapy. It has not been clearly established whether the clinical tolerance induced by OIT resembles...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Sato S,Yanagida N,Ogura K,Imai T,Utsunomiya T,Iikura K,Goto M,Asaumi T,Okada Y,Koike Y,Syukuya A,Ebisawa M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and eosinophilic granule proteins such as eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN) are known to damage bronchial tissue and cause airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) in asthma. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) regulates various biological activities and is known to be a multifunctional fa...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Ito W,Takeda M,Fujita M,Kamada Y,Kato H,Chiba T,Yamaguchi K,Ueki S,Kayaba H,Kanehiro A,Chihara J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Th2 cytokines play pivotal roles in allergic inflammation, including eosinophilia, and their actions are antagonized by Th1 cytokines, conferring them therapeutic potential. METHODS:In this study, we examined the ability of a number of cytokines to suppress the activation of eosinophils that function as eff...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Park CS,Choi EN,Kim JS,Choi YS,Rhim TY,Chang HS,Chung IY

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonspecific hyperreactivity to a number of physical, chemical and pharmacological agents in a common characteristics of allergic subjects, which is strictly related to the inflammatory events consequent to an allergic reaction. Hyperosmolar stimulus has previously been shown to cause an inflammatory response inducing ...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Ciprandi G,Buscaglia S,Pesce G,Lotti R,Rolando M,Bagnasco M,Canonica GW

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The allergic pig can be used as a large-animal model for studies of allergic reactions in the airways and the role of eosinophils in such reactions. To measure the activation of eosinophils, the release of eosinophil-derived cationic proteins can be used. The purpose of this study was to isolate and characterize catio...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Fornhem C,Peterson CG,Alving K

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Shrimp sensitization is common in the general population, but the presence of symptoms is only moderately related to sensitization. A point still at issue is which in vivo and/or in vitro tests (food challenge, component-resolved diagnosis, house dust mite [HDM] sensitization) can help in distinguishing shri...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Farioli L,Losappio LM,Giuffrida MG,Pravettoni V,Micarelli G,Nichelatti M,Scibilia J,Mirone C,Cavallarin L,Lamberti C,Balossi LG,Pastorello EA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anti-inflammatory therapy is a logical approach to slowing the inevitable lung function deterioration in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. This study's aim was to evaluate inflammatory markers and disease progression in paediatric CF patients chronically treated with azithromycin or low-dose prednisolone. METH...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Shmarina G,Pukhalsky A,Avakian L,Semykin S,Pukhalskaya D,Alioshkin V

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Der f2 protein in a highly antigenic form was directly expressed in bacteria. Plasmid pFLU11 derived from pKK233-2 was designed to express methionyl-Der f2 under the control of the trc promoter and it has the replication origin of pUC118 instead of its original to increase the copy number. This expression plasmid dire...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Iwamoto N,Nishiyama C,Yasuhara T,Saito A,Yuuki T,Okumura Y,Okudaira H

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atopic dermatitis (AD) and food allergy (FA) are common childhood diseases, which may either be interrelated or be the result of skin barrier disruption and gut mucosal dysbiosis. Although some evidence suggests the efficacy of emollients and synbiotics, there is no conclusive evidence on the use of these in...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Dissanayake E,Tani Y,Nagai K,Sahara M,Mitsuishi C,Togawa Y,Suzuki Y,Nakano T,Yamaide F,Ohno H,Shimojo N

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been reported that protein tyrosine phosphorylation is essential for cytokine production in mouse Th1 cells but not in Th2 cells. However, little is known about the difference of signal transduction between human antigen-specific Th1 and Th2 cell clones. METHODS:Purified protein derivative-specific T...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Minoguchi K,Yamashita N,Oda N,Takeno M,Kaneoka H,Sakane T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Notch signaling pathway plays an important role in regulating human immune function, but the relationship between allergic rhinitis (AR) and Notch signaling remains unclear. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of Notch signaling in the pathogenesis of AR and its regulation on Foxp3-Treg cells. METHOD:The...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Jiao WE,Wei JF,Kong YG,Xu Y,Tao ZZ,Chen SM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mouse models have been established mirroring key features of human bronchial asthma including airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR). Acute airway obstruction in response to an allergen challenge, however, remains to be demonstrated in these models. OBJECTIVE:A mouse model of allergic lung inflammation was employ...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Neuhaus-Steinmetz U,Glaab T,Daser A,Braun A,Lommatzsch M,Herz U,Kips J,Alarie Y,Renz H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Unique gut microbial colonisation patterns are associated with the onset of allergic disease in infants; however, there is insufficient evidence to determine if aberrant microbial composition patterns persist in adult allergic rhinitis (AR) sufferers. OBJECTIVE:To compare the gut microbiome composition be...

journal_title：International archives of allergy and immunology

authors： Watts AM,West NP,Zhang P,Smith PK,Cripps AW,Cox AJ

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00