Mattresses as a winter refuge for house-dust mite populations.

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：BACKGROUND:Epidemiologic data on asthma and allergies among adults are mainly based on questionnaires: this study validates the questions on asthma, allergic rhinitis, and conjunctivitis of a new Finnish questionnaire. METHODS:To validate questions used in a country-wide study among university students aged 18-25 year...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Kilpeläinen M,Terho EO,Helenius H,Koskenvuo M

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The estimation of exposure to molds and their products in the indoor environment, which may lead to the occurrence of allergies or respiratory complaints, by means of enumeration of viable parts is inadequate. Therefore, other methods must be developed. When grown under various circumstances (22 degrees C and 30 degre...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Wijnands LM,Deisz WD,van Leusden FM

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A crossed radioimmunoelectrophoretic (CRIE) method for detection of human IgG subclass specificities against individual antigens is described. After crossed immunoelectrophoresis (CIE) of the antigens the immunoplates are incubated with serum, washed and incubated with mouse monoclonal anti-human IgG-subclass antibodi...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Søndergaard I,Djurup R,Weeke B

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Relationships among allergen-specific IgE levels, allergen exposure and asthma severity are poorly understood since sensitization has previously been evaluated as a dichotomous, rather than continuous characteristic. METHODS:Five hundred and forty-six inner-city adolescents enrolled in the Asthma Control Ev...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Matsui EC,Sampson HA,Bahnson HT,Gruchalla RS,Pongracic JA,Teach SJ,Gergen PJ,Bloomberg GR,Chmiel JF,Liu AH,Kattan M,Sorkness CA,Steinbach SF,Story RE,Visness CM,Inner-city Asthma Consortium.

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Gaining Optimal Asthma ControL (GOAL) study has shown the superiority of a combination of salmeterol/fluticasone propionate (SFC) compared with fluticasone propionate alone (FP) in terms of improving guideline defined asthma control. METHODS:Clinical and economic data were taken from the GOAL study, sup...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Briggs AH,Bousquet J,Wallace MV,Busse WW,Clark TJ,Pedersen SE,Bateman ED,GOAL Investigators Group.

更新日期：2006-05-01 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:Undernotification is well recognized as a key challenge to the study of anaphylaxis mortality, but it is seldom mentioned that one of its reasons is the difficult coding of the condition under the tenth revision of the international classification of diseases (ICD-10), given that there are no anaphylaxis-spe...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Tanno LK,Ganem F,Demoly P,Toscano CM,Bierrenbach AL

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glucocorticoids (GCs) may affect the expression of hundreds of genes in different cells and tissues from patients with intermittent allergic rhinitis (IAR). It is a formidable challenge to understand these complex changes by studying individual genes. In this study, we aimed to identify (i) pathways affected...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Wang H,Chavali S,Mobini R,Muraro A,Barbon F,Boldrin D,Aberg N,Benson M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An affinity chromatography method for preparation of patient-related antigens from commercially available allergen extracts has been investigated. IgG1,2,4 from a patient previously hyposensitized with dog hair and dandruff allergen was bound to protein A-sepharose. Secondly, commercial allergen extract was applied to...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Poulsen LK,Søndergaard I,Weeke B

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The function of skin mast cells has been well documented in IgE-mediated allergic reactions, whereas other mast cell functions are poorly defined. This study aimed at identifying novel mast cell proteins by proteome analysis of primary human skin mast cells. METHODS:The proteome of skin mast cells was compa...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Gschwandtner M,Paulitschke V,Mildner M,Brunner PM,Hacker S,Eisenwort G,Sperr WR,Valent P,Gerner C,Tschachler E

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Up to 10% of the patients in whom suspected betalactam hypersensitivity (HS) has been excluded by skin and challenge tests report suspected allergic reactions during subsequent treatments with the same or very similar betalactams. It has been suggested that the reactions may result from a resensitization ind...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Ponvert C,Weilenmann C,Wassenberg J,Walecki P,Bourgeois ML,de Blic J,Scheinmann P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The world's most catastrophic and deadly thunderstorm asthma epidemic struck Melbourne, Australia, on November 21, 2016. OBJECTIVE:Among thunderstorm-affected patients presenting to emergency rooms (ERs), we investigated risk factors predicting severe attacks requiring admission to hospital. METHODS:Thunde...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Hew M,Lee J,Susanto NH,Prasad S,Bardin PG,Barnes S,Ruane L,Southcott AM,Gillman A,Young A,Rangamuwa K,O'Hehir RE,McDonald C,Sutherland M,Conron M,Matthews S,Harun NS,Lachapelle P,Douglass JA,Irving L,Langton D,M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A cross-sectional retrospective study suggested a link between allergic diseases and Parkinson's disease. However, the temporal association between asthma and Parkinson's disease remains unknown. METHODS:From the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database, 10 455 patients who were diagnosed with ast...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Cheng CM,Wu YH,Tsai SJ,Bai YM,Hsu JW,Huang KL,Su TP,Li CT,Tsai CF,Yang AC,Lin WC,Pan TL,Chang WH,Chen TJ,Chen MH

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) epidemiology has been largely studied using symptom-based case definitions, without assessment of objective sinus findings. OBJECTIVE:To describe radiologic sinus opacification and the prevalence of CRS, defined by the co-occurrence of symptoms and sinus opacification, in a gene...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Hirsch AG,Nordberg C,Bandeen-Roche K,Tan BK,Schleimer RP,Kern RC,Sundaresan A,Pinto JM,Kennedy TL,Greene JS,Kuiper JR,Schwartz BS

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cell degranulation, and the subsequent recruitment of infiltrating inflammatory cells, such as eosinophils, into the nasal mucosa has long been considered the most important model to explain allergic rhinitis. Several studies show a decrease in the number of eosinophils and possibly also mast cells during local c...

journal_title：Allergy

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

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Allergic sensitisation increases the risk for asthma development. In this prospective birth cohort (Environment and Childhood Asthma) study, we hypothesized that combining quantitative measures of IgE antibodies (Sigma-IgE) and Severity score of obstructive airways disease (OAD) at 2 years of age (Severity s...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Lødrup Carlsen KC,Söderström L,Mowinckel P,Håland G,Pettersen M,Munthe Kaas MC,Devulapalli CS,Buchmann M,Ahlstedt S,Carlsen KH

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Daily intensive exercise by elite athletes can result in exercise-induced asthma especially in elite swimmers and this may be linked to epithelial damage. OBJECTIVE:To study airway epithelial damage and release of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) after intensive exercise in elite athletes and co...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Seys SF,Hox V,Van Gerven L,Dilissen E,Marijsse G,Peeters E,Dekimpe E,Kasran A,Aertgeerts S,Troosters T,Vanbelle V,Peers K,Ceuppens JL,Hellings PW,Dupont LJ,Bullens DM

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The reasons for the rise in asthma and allergies remain unclear. To identify risk or protective factors, it is essential to carry out longitudinal epidemiological studies, preferably birth cohort studies. In Europe, several birth cohort studies on asthma and atopic diseases have been initiated over the last ...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Keil T,Kulig M,Simpson A,Custovic A,Wickman M,Kull I,Lødrup Carlsen KC,Carlsen KH,Smit HA,Wijga AH,Schmid S,Berg A,Bollrath C,Eller E,Bindslev-Jensen C,Halken S,Høst A,Heinrich J,Porta D,Forastiere F,Brunekreef B

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to present a case of periodic fever with aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical adenitis (PFAPA), summarize the medical literature on PFAPA, review the differential diagnosis and suggest a diagnostic approach to periodic fevers in children. A PubMed search was conducted for all case reports an...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Lierl M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bronchial asthma is a chronic disease characterized by inflammation, obstruction, and hyperresponsiveness of the airways. There is currently no curative therapy for asthma. Type 2 helper T cell response plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of the disease. Protein S is a glycoprotein endowed with anticoa...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Asayama K,Kobayashi T,D'Alessandro-Gabazza CN,Toda M,Yasuma T,Fujimoto H,Okano T,Saiki H,Takeshita A,Fujiwara K,Fridman D'Alessandro V,Nishihama K,Totoki T,Inoue R,Takei Y,Gabazza EC

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) is a cationic protein secreted by eosinophils with toxic properties for the respiratory epithelium. Sputum-ECP levels have been shown to correlate inversely with airflow obstruction in asthma. In the present study we investigated whether ECP concentrations are different between asthma...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Virchow JC Jr,Kroegel C,Hage U,Kortsik C,Matthys H,Werner P

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Aspirin-induced asthma (AIA) is a clinical syndrome characterized by acute airway reaction to aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS). The most recent etiological hypothesises is that an overexpression of the enzyme LTC(4) synthase occurs in AIA, with the consequent production of sulf...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Micheletto C,Tognella S,Visconti M,Pomari C,Trevisan F,Dal Negro RW

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spanish population is rather homogeneous in its genetic and sociocultural characteristics, but allergen sensitization shows wide geographical variations. We aimed at assessing whether sensitization to different allergens in the diverse geographical areas induced different clinical and quality-of-life charact...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Valero A,Quirce S,Dávila I,Delgado J,Domínguez-Ortega J

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endogenous histamine-releasing factors (HRFs) are involved in 30-60% of patients with chronic urticaria (CU). Evidence for their existence comes from in vivo studies of autoreactivity with the autologous serum skin test (ASST), in vitro immunoassays demonstrating autoantibodies against the immunoglobulin E (...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Platzer MH,Grattan CE,Poulsen LK,Skov PS

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of single-allergen-specific immunotherapy in polysensitized subjects is a matter of debate. We therefore performed a post hoc analysis of pooled data from six randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials (N = 1871) comparing the efficacy and safety of the SQ-standardized grass allergy immunotherapy...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Nelson H,Blaiss M,Nolte H,Würtz SØ,Andersen JS,Durham SR

更新日期：2013-02-01 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: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：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Aspirin, a cyclo-oxygenase (COX)-1 and COX-2 inhibitor, is the antiplatelet drug of choice to prevent serious vascular events. Adverse reactions to aspirin are frequent particularly among patients with asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps. COX-1 inhibitors but not COX-2 inhibitors precipi...

journal_title：Allergy

authors： Fraj J,Valero A,Vives R,Pérez I,Borja J,Izquierdo I,Picado C

更新日期：2008-01-01 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