Intranasal application of chitin microparticles down-regulates symptoms of allergic hypersensitivity to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Aspergillus fumigatus in murine models of allergy

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1794-1800

  Strong, Peter ^a,b   Clark, H ^a   Reid, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Aspergillus fumigatus; Chitin; Der p; IFN ; IL 12; Immunotherapy; Intranasal treatment

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ALLERGEN; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; CYTOKINE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; MICROSPHERE;

AIRWAY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SYMPTOM; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; DOSE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; CHITIN; CYTOKINES; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSPHERES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0036456464     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2002.01551.x     Document Type: Article

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