Search for dissertations about: "animal allergens"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words animal allergens.

  2. 1. Cat allergy : diagnosis and characterization of important allergens

    Author : Justus Adédoyin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Allergy affects about 25% of the population. Allergic diseases are manifested in many ways, from mild rhinitis to life-threatening anaphylaxis. Globally, more than 15% of children and adults are allergic to pets. The focus of this thesis is important cat allergens. READ MORE

  4. 2. Use of Recombinant Allergens for Component-Resolved Diagnostics (CRD) in IgE-Mediated Allergy

    Author : Åsa Marknell DeWitt; Pia Ek; Jonas Lidholm; Ronald van Ree; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Biomedical laboratory science; recombinant allergen; IgE; component-resolved diagnostics; CRD; tropomyosin; Phl p 11; Phl p 4; Pen a 1; Hev b 5; Biomedicinsk laboratorievetenskap;

    Abstract : Immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated allergy occurs when our immune system causes a reaction to otherwise harmless substances (allergens). Allergens are predominantly proteins present in biological materials such as pollens, mites, animal epithelia, moulds and foods. READ MORE

  5. 3. Allergy to laboratory animals : risk factors for development of allergy and methods for measuring airborne rodent allergens

    Author : Anne Renström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : laboratory animal allergy; atopy; IgE; methacholine provocation; aeroallergen measurement; ELISA; monoclonal antibody; Mus m 1; Rat n 1;

    Abstract : Between 10-50% of workers exposed to laboratory animals, mainly rats or mice, develop laboratory animal allergy (LAA) with symptoms of rhinitis, conjuctivitis, asthma, or urticaria, and IgE against animal allergens. Symptoms often arise within the first years of animal work. Up to half of the symptomatic subjects develop asthma. READ MORE

  6. 4. Purification, characterization and immunological studies of rat urinary proteins causing allergy in humans

    Author : Cecilia Bayard; Gabriel Peltre; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; allergen; laboratory animal allergy; rat urinary protein; Rat n 1.02; a2u-globulin; purification; chemiluminescence; immunologi; Immunology;

    Abstract : Rats are among the most frequently used laboratory animals and allergy to them constitutes a common occupational problem. Approximately 20-30% of the persons engaged in work with laboratory animals acquire symptoms of allergy. READ MORE

  7. 5. Allergic inflammation in children with pet allergy and asthma : mechanisms, markers and clinical consequences

    Author : Karin Lönnkvist; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Asthma; animal dander allergy; children; eosinophils; ECP; EPO; EPX EDN; ENO; bronchial hyperresponsiveness; sputum; nasal lavage; budesonide; withdrawal.;

    Abstract : Immunological background: Allergic inflammation is a multiple-step process with many actors, where eosinophils and the release of their granula proteins play an important role. The recruitment of eosinophils is a crucial event in the inflammatory process. READ MORE