... Asthma Smoking Environmental factors Asthma is one of the most common chronic respiratory diseases and a serious public health problem. The prevalence of asthma in adults has increased in recent decades [ 1-3 ], with a concomitant increase in the prevalence of physician-diagnosed asthma...

... by some contents in the ragweed pollen grains, such as a high concentration of NADPH oxidase and/or serine and cysteine proteases [ 29-31 ]. Environmental factors such as temperature and CO 2 concentrations have great influences on pollen production and therefore on the allergen amount [ 32-34...

... 01 2017 5 04 2017 28 6 2017 Allergen sensitization Antigens/allergens Childhood Environmental factors Epidemiology Farm environment IgE antibodies Microarray Molecular diagnostics The incidence of IgE sensitization and allergic diseases has been on the rise...

... was to investigate associations of TNFα -308G>A , TNFα -238G>A , IL-1α -889C>T and IL-10 -1082G>A polymorphisms with atopic diseases with adjustment for confounding lifestyle and environmental factors. Methods: This study was performed on 356 Croatian students. The diagnosis of atopic asthma, atopic...

.... Conclusion: The results suggest that hygiene-related environmental factors have played a role in the increase of allergic sensitisation during the last decades. © 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel 2009 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may...

... environmental factors such as light, temperature and air pollution may influence the activity of the Bet v 1a gene. The creation of a model system to evaluate the role of environmental factors affecting the Bet v 1a gene expression would be highly desirable. We suggest the use of transgenic tobacco plants...