When the allergen nomenclature system was adopted in 1986, allergens were identified by their behavior on electrophoresis and chromatography...
A new and potentially more pathogenic group of human rhinovirus (HRV), group C (HRVC), has recently been discovered.
Pulmonary function measures reflect respiratory health and are used in the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The purpose of this review is to examine the role of innate immunity in the lungs in the development of allergy and asthma.
Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood and the leading cause of childhood morbidity from chronic disease as measured by school absenc…
Childhood asthma is a condition characterized by airflow obstruction that varies in time spontaneously, in response to various environmental stimuli.…
With the emergence of allergic and autoimmune diseases in populations that have started to transit to a western lifestyle, there has been an increasi…
For 20 years, the hygiene hypothesis has dominated attempts to explain the increasing prevalence of allergic disease. A causal link between maternal…
The glutathione S-transferase enzymes (GSTs) play an important role in the detoxification of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), which contributes to…
To determine whether changes in 24-hour average background ozone (O₃), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), carbon monoxide (CO) and particulates < 10 μm (PM₁₀) i…