Results HDM sensitization rate was higher prevalence in male than in female. Compared with non-HDM sensitization asthmatics, HDM positive asthmatics had early onset of age (D. farina, 39.0 ± 0.50 vs. 48.5 ± 0.42, p=0.001; D. pteronyssinus, 39.4 ± 0.50 vs. 48.3 ± 0.43, p=0.001). HDM positive asthmatics had shorter duration of asthma symptom than that of HDM negative asthmatics. HDM negative asth...

PURPOSE Allergen extracts from the house dust mite (HDM, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus) are widely utilized for diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases. It is known that allergen extracts degrade and lose potency when stored over time. METHODS This study aimed to determine the optimal conditions for stability of allergen extracts. This study was undertaken to investigate the optimal sto...

House dust mite (HDM) represents one of the most common sources of aeroallergens worldwide and more than 50% of allergic patients are sensitized to these allergenic molecules. HDM allergy research in the past has been mainly focused on adaptive, mite allergen-dependent immune responses. In recent years it has become clear that, although the allergenspecific CD4+ Th2 cells orchestrate HDM allerg...

هدف: سرطان از جمله مهمترین بیماری­های قرن حاضر است که افراد بسیاری در سراسر جهان به آن مبتلا می­باشند و ضمن افزایش شیوع این بیماری، هنوز درمان مناسبی برای پیدا نشده است. بین پستان شایع­ترین همچنین علت اصلی مرگ میر ناشی زنان محققان بدنبال یافتن راهکارهای درمانی سرطان، ترکیبات دارویی را علیه سرطان­های مختلف سنتز کرده اثرات آ­نها مورد مطالعه قرار می­دهند. سورافنیب یک مهار کننده­ی اوره مولتی­کیناز ...

RATIONALE Environmental exposures strongly influence the development and progression of asthma. We have previously demonstrated that mice exposed to a diet enriched with methyl donors during vulnerable periods of fetal development can enhance the heritable risk of allergic airway disease through epigenetic changes. There is conflicting evidence on the role of folate (one of the primary methyl d...

Airway remodeling is a hallmark of bronchial asthma. Our group has previously reported that the thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), an airway epithelial-derived cytokine, has a central role in the pathogenesis of airway remodeling, and that toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 signaling in epithelial cells may trigger T-helper 2 (Th2) immune responses by overexpression of TSLP. However, it is currently ...

Soft toys are a major source of house dust mites (HDM) and HDM allergens, and sleeping with soft toys is a significant risk factor for HDM sensitization. We studied three techniques to eliminate HDM from soft toys, namely freezing, hot tumble drying and washing with eucalyptus oil. Thirty-six toys (12 in each treatment group) were enumerated for live HDM by the heat escape method before and aft...

Reduced translation of CEBPA mRNA has been associated with increased proliferation of bronchial smooth muscle (BSM) cells of asthma patients. Here, we assessed the effect of house dust mite (HDM) extracts on the cell proliferation ([(3)H]-thymidine incorporation), inflammation (interleukin (IL)-6 release) and upstream translation regulatory proteins of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP)α in...