Preseasonal prophylactic treatment with antihistamines suppresses nasal symptoms and expression of histamine H1 receptor mRNA in the nasal mucosa of patients with pollinosis.
Methods Find Exp Clin Pharmacol
; 32(10): 745-8, 2010 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-21225011
ABSTRACT
Administration of antihistamines 2-4 weeks before the pollen season showed a greater inhibitory effect on nasal allergy symptoms in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis. However, the mechanism of slow-onset effects of preseasonal treatment with antihistamines remains unclear. Here, we investigated the effect of preseasonal prophylactic treatment with antihistamines on nasal symptoms and the expression of histamine H1 receptor (H1R) mRNA of the nasal mucosa in patients with cedar pollen pollinosis. During the peak pollen period, the expression of H1R mRNA in the nasal mucosa and the scores of sneezing and watery rhinorrhea in patients receiving preseasonal prophylactic treatment with antihistamines were significantly suppressed in comparison with those in the patients without treatment. Moreover, there was a significant correlation between the nasal symptoms and the expression of H1R mRNA in both patients with or without preseasonal prophylactic treatment. These findings suggest that preseasonal prophylactic treatment with antihistamines is more effective than on-seasonal administration to patients with pollinosis in reducing nasal symptoms during the peak pollen period by suppressing H1R gene expression in the nasal mucosa.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Receptores Histamínicos H1
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Rinite Alérgica Sazonal
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Antagonistas dos Receptores Histamínicos
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Mucosa Nasal
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Methods Find Exp Clin Pharmacol
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Japão