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These data suggest that HBEC can present antigen to T cells and BRS-3 activation promotes the process of antigen presentation and subsequent T cell proliferation and Th1 differentiation.
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Even when the rheumatological assessment scored EGPA "under control" according to the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score and Vasculitis Damage Index, sinonasal diseases and related nasal inflammatory processes were not controlled. Therefore, there is a need for clinical monitoring and targeted treatment to control the inflammatory processes and i...
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The prevalence of LAR patients in Southern China was 7.7%. Pollen was the most common sensitizing allergen for the local LAR patients, which differs from Caucasian studies, in which house dust mite was the dominant sensitizing allergen. Monosensitization was the predominant pattern in both AR and LAR.
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A subset of chronic urticaria patients appears to have asymptomatic H. pylori infection. However, its implications in chronicity, recurrences, the severity of urticaria, other systemic manifestations, and management remains conjectural in view of 33% of controls also having positive H. pylori ELISA and the endemicity of infection in developing coun...
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BSM cells produced periostin after IL-13 stimulation, via the JAK/STAT6, ERK1/2, and PI3K/Akt pathways. Understanding the mechanism of periostin production in BSM cells may help to clarify asthma pathogenesis.
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Through the inhibition of Notch1 signaling, both GSI and GCs could regulate Th1/Th2 balance involved in allergic airway inflammation in OVA-induced asthma.
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A history of an immediate reaction to CN and high CN sIgE were risk factors for a positive OFC result. The number of positive OFC results was relatively low, but there was a high probability of anaphylaxis. We should consider the indication of OFC carefully for patients with a history of immediate reactions to CN and avoid OFC for patients without ...
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Thermal-processing methods able to attenuate the capacity of soybean proteins to bind IgE may contribute to the improvement of food safety and could constitute a potential strategy for the induction of tolerance to soybean.
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These data suggest that Fcγ receptor/reactive oxygen species/CK2α is a key inducer of NF-κB activation in airway epithelial cells in a murine model of asthma.
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Our data demonstrate that the APT is a reliable diagnostic tool to evaluate suspected food allergy-related skin symptoms in childhood and infancy.
