Effect of vitamin E supplementation on the regular treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 654-658

  Shahar, Eduardo ^a,b   Hassoun, Gamal ^a,b   Pollack, Shimon ^a,b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; EYE DROPS; IMMUNOLOGIC AGENT; NOSE DROPS; POLLEN ANTIGEN; STEROID; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN E;

EID: 3242802238     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61432-9     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Fairfield KM, Fletcher RH. Vitamins for chronic disease prevention in adults: scientific review. JAMA. 2002;287: 3116-3126.
2. Rimm EB, Stampfer MJ. Antioxidants for vascular disease. Med Clin North Am. 2000;84:239-249.
3. Stephens NG, Parsons A, Schofield PM, Kelly F, Cheeseman K, Mitchinson MJ. Randomised controlled trial of vitamin E in patients with coronary disease: Cambridge Heart Antioxidant Study (CHAOS). Lancet. 1996;347:781-786.
4. The Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation Study Investigators. Vitamin E supplementation and cardiovascular events in high-risk patients. N Engl J Med. 2000;342:154-160.
5. GISSI-Prevenzione Investigators (Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell'Infarto miocardico). Dietary supplementation with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin E after myocardial infarction: results of the GISSI-Prevenzione trial. Lancet. 1999;354:447-455.
6. Boaz M, Smetana S, Weinstein T, et al. Secondary prevention with antioxidants of cardiovascular disease in endstage renal disease (SPACE): randomised placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2000;356:1213-1218.
7. Salonen JT, Nyyssönen K, Salonen R, et al. Antioxidant Supplementation in Atherosclerosis Prevention (ASAP) study: a randomized trial of the effect of vitamins E and C on 3-year progression of carotid atherosclerosis. J Intern Med. 2000;248: 377-386.
8. The α-Tocopherol, β Carotene Cancer Prevention Study Group. The effect of vitamin E and β carotene on the incidence of lung cancer and other cancers in male smokers. N Engl J Med. 1994;330:1029-1035.
9. Yamada K, Hung P, Yoshimura K, Taniguchi S, Lim BO, Sugano M. Effect of unsaturated fatty acids and antioxidants on immunoglobulin production by mesenteric lymph node lymphocytes of Sprague-Dawley rats. J Biochem Tokyo. 1996;120: 138-144.
10. Inagaki N, Nagai H, Koda A. Effect of vitamin E on IgE antibody formation in mice. J Pharmacobiodyn. 1984;7:70-74.
11. Centanni S, Santus P, Di Marco F, Fumagalli F, Zarini S, Sala A. The potential role of tocopherol in asthma and allergies: modification of the leukotriene pathway. BioDrugs. 2001;15: 81-86.
12. Wang Y, Huang DS, Liang B, Watson RR. Nutritional status and immune responses in mice with murine AIDS are normalized by vitamin E supplementation. J Nutr. 1994;124: 2024-2032.
13. Zheng K-C, Adjei AA, Shinjo M, Shinjo S, Todoriki H, Ariizumi M. Effect of dietary vitamin E supplementation on murine nasal allergy. Am J Med Sci. 1999;318:49-54.
14. Fogarty A, Lewis S, Weiss S, Britton J. Dietary vitamin E, IgE concentrations, and atopy. Lancet. 2000;356:1573-1574.
15. Weber ML, Giaisi M, Treiber MK, Krammer PH. Vitamin E inhibits IL-4 gene expression in peripheral blood T cells. Eur Immunol. 2002;32:2401-2408.
16. Tsoureli-Nikita E, Hercogova J, Lotti T, Menchini G. Evaluation of dietary intake of vitamin E in the treatment of atopic dermatitis: a study of the clinical course and evaluation of the immunoglobulin E serum levels. Int J Dermatol. 2002;41: 146-150.
17. Trenga CA, Koenig JQ, Williams PV. Dietary antioxidants and ozone-induced bronchial hyperresponsiveness in adults with asthma. Arch Environ Health. 2001;56:242-249.
18. 2 on the release of chemical mediators from human peripheral leukocytes [in Japanese]. Arerugi. 1993;42: 1677-1682.
19. Monsen ER. Dietary reference intakes for the antioxidant nutrients: vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, and caratenoids. J Am Diet Assoc. 2000;100:637-640.