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FADS Gene Cluster Polymorphisms: Important Modulators of Fatty Acid Levels and Their Impact on Atopic Diseases [PDF]

, 2009
Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) play an important role in several physiological processes and their concentration in phospholipids has been associated with several complex diseases, such as atopic disease.
Heinrich, Joachim, Illig, Thomas, Koletzko, Berthold, Lattka, Eva   +3 more
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Helicobacter, Hygiene, Atopy, and Asthma

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
The hygiene hypothesis links environmental and microbial exposures in early life to the prevalence of atopy, allergy, and asthma. Helicobacter pylori infection is typically acquired in childhood and acquisition of the infection is associated with poor ...
M. Miftahussurur, I. Nusi, D. Graham, Y. Yamaoka   +3 more
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Respiratory syncytial virus infection and bronchial hyperreactivity in children up to two years of age in correlation with atopy [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2016
Background/Aim. Bronchiolitis in early childhood caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is considered to be important risk factor of the recurrent wheezing and asthma development.
Relić Tijana, Ilić Nevenka, Kostić Gordana, Jovanović Dara, Tambur Zoran, Lazarević Ivana   +5 more
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Validation of a food frequency questionnaire for children and adolescents aged 4 to 11 years living in Salvador, Bahia.

, 2012
OBJECTIVE: To assess the validity of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) by applying it to children and adolescents living in Salvador, Bahia. METHODS: The validity of this FFQ with 98 food items was investigated among 108 children and adolescents who ...
Assis, AMO, Barreto, ML, D'Innocenzo, S, Dourado, LS, Matos, SMA, Oliveira, NS, Prado, MS, Rodrigues, LC, Santos, CAST   +8 more
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Management of Prematurity-Associated Wheeze and Its Association with Atopy

PLoS ONE, 2016
Introduction Although preterm birth is associated with respiratory morbidity in childhood, the role of family history of atopy and whether appropriate treatment has been instituted is unclear.
Martin O Edwards, S. Kotecha, J. Lowe, Louise Richards, W. Watkins, S. Kotecha   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An international prospective general population-based study of respiratory work disability [PDF]

, 2009
Background: Previous cross-sectional studies have shown that job change due to breathing problems at the workplace (respiratory work disability) is common among adults of working age.
Antó, J.M., Blanc, P. D., d’Errico, A., Jarvis, D., Kogevinas, M., Kromhout, H., Payo, F., Plana, E., Radon, Katja, Sunyer, J., Torén, K., Zock, J-P   +11 more
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Otitis media with effusion and atopy: is there a causal relationship?

The World Allergy Organization Journal, 2017
Otitis Media with Effusion (OME) is an inflammatory condition of the middle ear cleft, acute or chronic, with collection of fluid in the middle ear with an intact tympanic membrane.
M. Zernotti, R. Pawankar, I. Ansotegui, H. Badellino, J. Croce, E. Hossny, M. Ebisawa, N. Rosário, Mario A. Sánchez Borges, Y. Zhang, Luo Zhang   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Allergic Disorders in Africa and Africans: Is it Primarily a Priority? [PDF]

, 2010
In Africa, the burden of some diseases has been a problem for centuries. The spectrum of African diseases includes allergies, infections, nutritional deficiencies, and natural disasters.
Adams, Araujo, Araujo, Asmah, Breman, Brugman, Butler, Carvalho, Chaisson, Cooper, Cooper, Cooper, Cullinan, Dagoye, Dagoye, Du Toit, Erasto Vitus Mbugi, Estmbale, Gadermaier, Grant, Jaffu Othniel Chilongola, Jeannin, Jeebhay, Jeebhay, Kamradt, Linneberg, Linneberg, Lopata, Lynch, Lynch, Madsen, Marshall, Matricardi, Matricardi, Mercer, Modjarrad, Moore, Motala, Ndiaye, Nicolaou, Nyan, Obeng, Obihara, Obihara, Obihara, Obihara, Obihara, Obihara, Okano, Pacifico, Palyvos, Pawankar, Platts-Mills, Potter, Potter, Potter, Potter, Rauter, Riedler, Scrivener, Sibanda, Sibanda, Steinman, Thyssen, Tohon, van den Biggelaar, van den Biggelaar, van den Biggelaar, van der Kleij, van Niekerk, Van Niekerk, Veien, Veien, Vergara, Weinberg, Westritschnig, Wuthrich, Yazdanbakhsh, Yazdanbakhsh, Yazdanbakhsh, Zar   +80 more
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AMP-IBP5: A Multifunctional Antimicrobial Peptide for Advanced Wound Healing and Inflammatory Skin Disorders

Journal of Functional Biomaterials
Wound healing is a complex, multiphase process crucial for restoring tissue integrity and functionality after injury. Among the emerging therapeutic approaches, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have shown substantial promise because of their dual role in ...
Alafate Abudouwanli, Ge Peng, Mengyao Yang, Wanchen Zhao, Quan Sun, Shan Wang, Yi Tan, Arisa Ikeda, Hideoki Ogawa, Ko Okumura, François Niyonsaba   +10 more
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Presensitization to Ascaris antigens promotes induction of mite-specific IgE upon mite antigen inhalation in mice

Allergology International, 2016
Background: Patients with house dust mite (HDM) allergy or Ascariasis produce serum IgE specific to the antigens of HDM or nematode Ascaris, respectively.
Mayu Suzuki, Mutsuko Hara, Saori Ichikawa, Seiji Kamijo, Takuya Nakazawa, Hideki Hatanaka, Kazuo Akiyama, Hideoki Ogawa, Ko Okumura, Toshiro Takai   +9 more
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