Thursday, September 4, 2014

Allergens and the airway epithelium response: Gateway to allergic sensitization

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Allergic sensitization to inhaled antigens is increasingly common; however, the mechanisms remain poorly understood. Lung epithelial ce...
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Epithelial barrier function: at the frontline of asthma immunology and allergic airway inflammation

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Airway epithelial cells are an important part of the innate immune system in the lung. Not only do they establish mucociliary clearance...
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Risks for infection in patients with asthma (or other atopic conditions): is asthma more than a chronic airway disease?

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There is evidence that the presence of asthma can influence patients’ susceptibility to infections, yet research in this aspect of asthm...
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Gene hunting in the genomic era: approaches to diagnostic dilemmas in primary immunodeficiencies

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Over the past four decades, over 180 molecular defects causing primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) have been discovered through advances i...
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Thursday, July 3, 2014

Progress in HIV-1 Vaccine Development

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Advances in HIV vaccine development have been hampered by roadblocks associated with failure to prevent infection. In recent years, a numbe...
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Prenatal exposure to diesel exhaust induces asthma susceptibility through NK cell priming

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Asthma often begins early in life and is attributed to more than just genetic factors, because the prevalence continues to rise. Epidemiolo...
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Monday, June 2, 2014

The effects of calcitriol treatment in glucocorticoid resistant asthma

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The current and most effective treatment for asthma therapy is the use of glucocorticoids by improving the clinical features and airway inf...
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