Allergen-specific immunotherapy of Hymenoptera venom allergy:also a matter of diagnosis [PDF]
, 2015 Stings of hymenoptera can induce IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reactions in venom-allergic patients, ranging from local up to severe systemic reactions and even fatal anaphylaxis.
Schiener, Maximilian +4 more
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A Study on Allergic responses Between Bee Venom and Sweet Bee Venom Pharmacopuncture
Journal of Pharmacopuncture, 2006 Objectives : Sweet bee venom is made by removing allergen from the bee venom through gel filtration chromatography and propionic acid/urea polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
Jin Seon Lee +3 more
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Toxins, 2020 Bee venom has been used to treat many diseases because of its anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. However, the secretions of bee venom can also cause life-threatening adverse reactions.
Soobin Jang, Kyeong Han Kim
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Insect Body Defence Reactions against Bee Venom: Do Adipokinetic Hormones Play a Role?
Toxins, 2021 Bees originally developed their stinging apparatus and venom against members of their own species from other hives or against predatory insects. Nevertheless, the biological and biochemical response of arthropods to bee venom is not well studied.
Karolina Bodláková +5 more
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Bee Venom for the Treatment of Parkinson Disease - A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 In the present study, we examined the potential symptomatic and/or disease-modifying effects of monthly bee venom injections compared to placebo in moderatly affected Parkinson disease patients.
Andreas Hartmann +25 more
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Bee venom and its component apamin as neuroprotective agents in a Parkinson disease mouse model. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Bee venom has recently been suggested to possess beneficial effects in the treatment of Parkinson disease (PD). For instance, it has been observed that bilateral acupoint stimulation of lower hind limbs with bee venom was protective in the acute 1-methyl-
Daniel Alvarez-Fischer +9 more
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Imunoterapia específica com venenos de Hymenoptera: revisão sistemática [PDF]
, 2010 CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The only effective treatment for patients who have severe reactions after Hymenoptera stings is venom immunotherapy. The aim of this study was to review the literature to assess the effects of venom immunotherapy among patients ...
CASTRO, Fabio Fernandes Morato +4 more
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The Basophil Activation Test Is Not a Useful Screening Tool for Hymenoptera Venom-Related Anaphylaxis in Patients with Systemic Mastocytosis [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Systemic mastocytosis (SM) patients are at a high risk for anaphylaxis, with Hymenoptera as the main culprit. A screening instrument to identify which patients are sensitized to Hymenoptera before they experience anaphylaxis would therefore ...
Daele, P.L.A. (Paul) van +4 more
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The Effects of Bee Venom on iNOS, TNF-α and NF-kB in RAW 264.7 Cells
Journal of Pharmacopuncture, 2003 Objectives : The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Bee Venom on the lipopolysaccharide(LPS), sodium nitroprusside(SNP), hydrogen peroxide(H2O2)-induced expression inducilble nitric oxide synthetase(iNOS), tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-
Goon-Joong Kim +3 more
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Anti-arthritic effects of microneedling with bee venom gel
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences, 2016 Objective: To combine with transdermal drug delivery using microneedle to simulate the bee venom therapy to evaluate the permeation of bee venom gel. Methods: In this study, the sodium urate and LPS were used on rats and mice to construct the model.
Mengdi Zhao +8 more
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