[Acupoint application of herbal paste relieves symptoms and naso-mucosal inflammatory response by down-regulating serum TGF-β1 in allergic rhinitis rats].
No association was observed between the four polymorphisms and the presence of atopic rhinitis or atopic conjunctivitis and an elevated rate of serum IgE over 200 IU/ml.Additional effects of MCP-1 and its receptor CCR2 polymorphisms seem to be involved in disease susceptibility to asthma in Tunisian patients; nevertheless they could be protective against its severe forms.
No association was observed between the four polymorphisms and the presence of atopic rhinitis or atopic conjunctivitis and an elevated rate of serum IgE over 200 IU/ml.Additional effects of MCP-1 and its receptor CCR2 polymorphisms seem to be involved in disease susceptibility to asthma in Tunisian patients; nevertheless they could be protective against its severe forms.
Skin test reactivity to the mitogen PHA was normal as were the dh skin test reactivities in 4 out of 5 control patients with mucous atopic rhinitis/sinusitis and 2 cases of nasal suppuration due to disturbed mucociliary transport.