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- CHAPTER 21: Allergies and Asthma. // Mayo Clinic Family Health Book;2003, p521
This chapter presents information on allergies and asthma. Allergic reactions serve no useful purpose. They're simply misguided immune system reactions to a normally harmless substance that you happen to eat, inhale or touch. But allergies and asthma, a respiratory condition that often...
- Prophylaxis and Therapy of Allergy by Mucosal Tolerance Induction with Recombinant Allergens or Allergen Constructs. Wiedermann, Ursula // Current Drug Targets - Inflammation & Allergy;Oct2005, Vol. 4 Issue 5, p577
The mucosal immune system, present along the respiratory, gastrointestinal and genitourinary tract, has to discriminate between harmful pathogens and innocuous antigens, such as food, airborne antigens or the commensal bacterial flora. Therefore the mucosal immune system has acquired two...
- Fix Allergies with Chiropractic. Koren, Tedd // American Chiropractor;Jul2007, Vol. 29 Issue 7, p44
The article reports on the efficacy of chiropractic in the treatment of allergies and boost immune system. It is noted that the cause of allergies is childhood vaccination, which basically stimulate immune system hypersensitivity. Chiropractic care locates and remedy subluxations or serious...
- Hay fever vaccination works after treatment discontinued. // Foods Matter (UK);Dec2008, p10
The article reports on a study which suggests that the effect of Grazax, the tablet-based vaccine against grass allergy, lasts after a person have stopped taking the medication. Accordingly, this result can never be achieved with symptom relieving medication. Also, researchers have found that...
- Narrowed TCR repertoire and viral escape as a consequence of heterologous immunity. Cornberg, Markus; Chen, Alex T.; Wilkinson, Lee A.; Brehm, Michael A.; Sung-Kwon Kim; Calcagno, Claudia; Ghersi, Dario; Puzone, Roberto; Celada, Franco; Welsh, Raymond M.; Selin, Liisa K. // Journal of Clinical Investigation;May2006, Vol. 116 Issue 5, p1443
Why some virus-specific CD8 TCR repertoires are diverse and others restricted or "oligoclonal" has been unknown. We show here that oligoclonality and extreme clonal dominance can be a consequence of T cell cross-reactivity. Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) and Pichinde virus (PV) encode...
- Targeting the Immune System in Cancer. Chaudhuri, Devyani; Suriano, Robert; Mittelman, Abraham; Tiwari, Raj K. // Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology;Feb2009, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p166
The concept of cancer immunotherapy provides a fresh perspective as it is not associated with many of the drawbacks of conventional therapies such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery. When fully activated the immune system has immense potential as is evident from mis-matched transplanted...
- Predictive and protective autoimmunity in cardiovascular diseases: is vaccination therapy a reality? Toubi, E.; Shoenfeld, Y. // Lupus;2005, Vol. 14 Issue 9, p665
The role of the immune system in modulating atherosclerosis has recently been well documented. Studies have revealed that cellular and humoral immunity plays crucial roles in atherogenic plaque formation. This includes macrophages, CD4+ T cells and dendritic cells as well as autoantigens such as...
- Epicutaneous Application of CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides with Peptide or Protein Antigen Promotes the Generation of CTL. Klimuk, Sandra K.; Najar, Hossain M.; Semple, Sean C.; Aslanian, Soudabeh; Dutz, Jan P. // Journal of Investigative Dermatology;Apr2004, Vol. 122 Issue 4, p1042
Immunostimulatory oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN) are effective adjuvants in the induction of humoral and cellular immune responses when administered parenterally with antigen. The skin has recently become a target organ for the design of non-invasive vaccine technologies. Using ovalbumin (OVA) as a...
- T Cell Memory Response to Pneumococcal Protein Antigens in an Area of High Pneumococcal Carriage and Disease. Mureithi, Marianne W.; Finn, Adam; Ota, Martin O.; Qibo Zhang; Davenport, Victoria; Mitchell, Timothy J.; Williams, Neil A.; Adegbola, Richard A.; Heyderman, Robert S. // Journal of Infectious Diseases;9/1/2009, Vol. 200 Issue 5, p783
Background. Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of vaccine-preventable disease worldwide. Pneumococcal protein antigens are currently under study as components of potential vaccines that offer protection against multiple serotypes. We have therefore characterized T cell pneumococcal...
