The Cockroach

The Study of Cockroach Allergy in Iranian Children with Asthma

Background: Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood. Exposure to allergens plays an important role in asthma. Recently, cockroach has attracted attentions as an important allergen. Objective: To evaluate cockroach allergy in Iranian children with asthma. Methods: 100 children with asthma were studied. After determination of asthma severity, serum total IgE and blood eosinophils w...

The American Cockroach Regeneration

Glucose Absorption in the Cockroach

The physiology of absorption from the gut in insects has been little studied. In particular there is a paucity of information on the absorption of nutrient substances from the gut. Much of what is known on this subject is qualitative in nature, and has usually been indirectly derived from specialized investigations on digestion or storage of nutrient materials. The majority of these studies hav...

Cockroach antennae

Cockroach antennae have been extensively used for studying the multifunctional sensory appendage that generates the olfactory, gustatory, tactile, thermal, and humidity senses. Of the variety of senses, the tactile sense is thought to play a key role for perceiving physical objects. Because most cockroach species are nocturnal, the tactile sense of the antenna would be essential to determine th...

The Cockroach and Allergic Diseases

The cockroach represents one of the most common sources of indoor allergens worldwide, and 40%-60% of patients with asthma in urban and inner-city areas possess IgE antibodies to cockroach allergens. In Korean homes, four cockroach species have been found, of which the most commonly encountered is the German cockroach. The pathogenic mechanism underlying the association between cockroach allerg...