Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Environmental impacts on immune responses in atopy and asthma

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Despite the improvement of air quality in the U.S. since the enhancement of the Clean Air Act in 1990, exposures to outdoor and indoor air ...
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Stress and asthma: novel insights on genetic, epigenetic and immunologic mechanisms

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In the U.S., ethnic minorities and the economically disadvantaged are disproportionately exposed to chronic psychological stressors such as...
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Effect of environmental peanut exposure in children with filaggrin loss-of-function mutations

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In the October 2014 issue of Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Brough et al show that early environmental peanut exposure from hou...
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Thursday, October 2, 2014

Standardizing the assessment of clinical signs of atopic eczema

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Atopic eczema (AE, syn. atopic dermatitis) is a major medical condition that causes substantial burden to patients, their families, and s...
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Complexities of atopic dermatitis

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Atopic dermatitis (AD) is the most common chronic inflammatory skin disease and often precedes the development of food allergy and asthma. ...
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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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