Biomarkers for diagnosis and prediction of therapy responses in allergic diseases and asthma [PDF]
Modern health care requires a proactive and individualized response to diseases, combining precision diagnosis and personalized treatment. Accordingly, the approach to patients with allergic diseases encompasses novel developments in the area of ...
Agache, Ioana +37 more
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Effects of BCG Vaccination Prior to Specific Immunotherapy on IL-4/IFN-γ Ratio and AR Total Symptom Score in Persistent Allergic Rhinitis (Efek vaksinasi BCG pre imunoterapi spesifik terhadap rasio IL-4/IFN-γ dan skor gejala total rinitis pada rinitis alergi persisten) [PDF]
Background: Allergic disease including allergic rhinitis (AR) is dominated by Th2 responses with increased production of IL-4 and inhibition of IFN-ï§ production. BCG vaccination induced IL-12 production which promotes Th0 to Th1 shift and stimulates IFN-
Suprihati , Suprihati
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Self-Reported Truck Traffic on the Street of Residence and Symptoms of Asthma and Allergic Disease: A Global Relationship in ISAAC Phase 3 [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Associations between traffic pollution on the street of residence and a range of respiratory and allergic outcomes in children have been reported in developed countries, but little is known about such associations in developing countries ...
H. Ross Anderson +20 more
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Epigenetics in allergic diseases [PDF]
Allergic diseases are among the most prevalent chronic diseases of childhood, affecting more than 7 million children in the United States. Epidemiological evidence supports the idea that the inception of allergic diseases is typically before the preschool years, even when chronic symptoms do not emerge until adulthood. The role of epigenetic mechanisms
Avery, DeVries, Donata, Vercelli
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Transcription factors gene expression in chronic rhinosinusitis with and without nasal polyps
Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) current therapeutic approaches still fail in some patients with severe persistent symptoms and recurrences after surgery.
Soklic Tanja Kosak +6 more
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Prevention of allergic diseases
The prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases has increased in recent years, particularly in the industrialized world. Allergic disease begins to manifest in the first years of life. The disorder usually manifests initially in the form of food allergy and atopic dermatitis, followed in later stages by respiratory allergy with rhinitis and/or asthma ...
F, Lorente +4 more
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Stress and Allergic Diseases [PDF]
Allergy describes a constellation of clinical diseases that affect up to 30% of the world's population. It is characterized by production of allergen-specific IgE, which binds to mast cells and initiates a cascade of molecular and cellular events that affect the respiratory tract (rhinitis and asthma), skin (dermatitis, urticaria), and multiple systems
Ninabahen D, Dave +3 more
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Acupuncture in Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis (ACUSAR) - Design and Protocol of a Randomised Controlled Multi-Centre Trial [PDF]
Background: We report on the study design and protocol of a randomised controlled trial (Acupuncture in Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis, ACUSAR) that investigates the efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR).
Witt, Claudia M. +25 more
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Application to Allergic Diseases
The increasing prevalence of allergic diseases in developed countries is considered to be caused, at least in part, by rapid improvement of human hygiene. In human beings, the immune system developed as an ingenious device for defending against frequent attacks by microbes.
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JunB defines functional and structural integrity of the epidermo-pilosebaceous unit in the skin
Epidermal homeostasis is maintained by the activity of stem cells. Here, the authors show that deficiency of the transcription factor JunB leads to altered Notch signaling in stem cells, resulting in a cell fate switch and de novo formation of aberrant ...
Karmveer Singh +13 more
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