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The role of GSTP1 polymorphisms and tobacco smoke exposure in children with acute asthmaThe glutathione S-transferase enzymes (GSTs) play an important role in the detoxification of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), which contributes to airway infl
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1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 enhances the ability of transferred CD4+ CD25+ cells to modulate T helper type 2-driven asthmatic responsesThe severity of allergic diseases may be modified by vitamin D. However, the immune pathways modulated by the active form of vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D.
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Interactions between innate and adaptive immunity in asthma pathogenesis: new perspectives from studies on acute exacerbationsAtopic asthma, which is at its highest prevalence during childhood/young adulthood, represents the main focus of this review.
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The transient value of classifying preschool wheeze into episodic viral wheeze and multiple trigger wheezeA recently proposed method for classifying preschool wheeze is to describe it as either episodic (viral) wheeze or multiple trigger wheeze.
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The role of dendritic cells and regulatory T cells in the regulation of allergic asthmaAirways hyperresponsiveness (AHR) is one of the major clinical features of allergic airways disease including allergic asthma
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Molecular characterization of Der p 10: A diagnostic marker for broad sensitization in house dust mite allergyTropomyosins represent clinically relevant seafood allergens but the role of mite tropomyosin
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CD4 allergen tetramersThe introduction of class II tetramers for identifying antigen-binding CD41 cells has lagged behind the use of class I tetramers because of difficulties...
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Reducing the asthma burden: generous grant secured to develop world-first treatmentResearchers developing a world-first treatment that targets an underlying cause of asthma have secured a $499,640 grant from the Future Health, Research and Innovation Fund – Innovation Seed Fund.
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Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marksWe identified new asthma loci, found new associations at loci implicated in the comorbidity of asthma plus hay fever and confirmed nine known loci.