Allergy, respiratory

Moreover, the increasing industrial demand for low-aromatic diesel fuels [2] stimulated by the discovery that diesel exhaust particles generate various respiratory allergies, contributes to developing this area of research area [3-5]. 

Briatico-Vangosa, G. et al., Respiratory allergy hazard identification and risk assessment, Fund. Appl. Toxicol., 23, 145, 1994. 

Blaikie, L. et al., A two-centre study for the evaluation and validation of an animal model for the assessment of the potential of small molecular weight chemicals to cause respiratory allergy, Toxicology, 96, 37, 1995. 

European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals, Respiratory Allergy, Mono. No. 19, Brussels, 1993. 

Respiratory allergies and infections are the most common form of illness in the United States and Europe and account for more missed school and work days than any other disease [1], A substantial body of experimental work has clearly shown that airborne toxicants such as tobacco smoke, ozone, and other air pollutants can alter many aspects of the host defense network to either decrease resistance to infection, or exacerbate respiratory allergies and asthma [2], Exposure to air toxicants can suppress a number of key host defenses including mucociliary clearance in the airways, pulmonary macrophage function, and development of specific immune responses such as IgG antibody production and cell mediated immunity. In contrast, immune stimulation in the form of increased T cell activity and IgE antibody formation has also has been shown to occur under some circumstances, resulting in increased incidence or severity of allergic lung disease. 

Peden, D.B., Effect of air pollution in asthma and respiratory allergy, Otolaryngol. Head. Neck. Surg. 114, 2, 242, 1996. 

Walusiak, J. et al., Respiratory allergy in apprentice bakers do occupational allergies follow the allergic march , Allergy, 59, 442, 2004. 

Over the past decade, there have been considerable advances in our understanding of the immunobiological mechanisms that result in the quality of immune response necessary for the induction of chemical respiratory allergy. Experiments designed to characterize immune responses in mice to chemical sensitizers have demonstrated that different classes of chemical allergen stimulate the development of qualitatively discrete immune responses consistent with the selective emergence of functional subpopulations of T lymphocytes [16]. Thus, topical exposure of BALB/c strain mice to chemical contact allergens such as 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB) results in the induction of... 

Kimber, I. and Wilks, M.F., Chemical respiratory allergy. Toxicological and occupational health issues. Hum. Exp. Toxicol., 14, 735, 1995. 

Dearman, R.J. and Kimber, I., Cytokine fingerprinting and hazard assessment of chemical respiratory allergy. J. Appl. Toxicol., 21, 153, 2001. 

Quirce, S., Cuevas, M., Dfez-Gomez, M. L., Fernandez-Rivas, M., Hinojosa, M., Gonzalez, R., and Losada, E. (1992). Respiratory allergy to Aspergillus-devived enzymes in bakers asthma. /. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 90, 970-978. 

As outlined above, SIT, which has been shown to involve adaptive and natural Tregs in respiratory allergy and insect venom allergy [46], appears to work in atopic dermatitis as well. During SIT the... 

Transplant and allergy also intersect in indirect ways. Acute chest syndrome is a frequent complication in patients with sickle cell disease and has been recently reported to be exacerbated or precipitated by asthma and respiratory allergies. Since SCT can halt this pulmonary destruction process, ongoing investigation at our and other institutions is focused on determining genetic and cytokine pathways and modulators for asthma in sickle cell disease. 

Arts, J.H.E. and C.E. Kuper. 2007. Animal models to test respiratory allergy of low molecular weight chemicals A guidance. Methods 41 61-71. 

Oral For temporary relief of nasal congestion due to the common cold, hay fever, or other upper respiratory allergies, and nasal congestion associated with sinusitis to promote nasal or sinus drainage. 

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