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Methods Mol Biol ; 1803: 371-381, 2018.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29882150

RESUMO

Allergic diseases (atopy) include asthma, allergic rhinitis, conjunctivitis, and allergic sinusitis. It is estimated that up to 90% of asthmatics are atopic and have an allergy trigger for asthmatic episodes. In order to assess the risk of allergy induction associated with inhalation exposure, animal models of protein allergy have been developed. These models have been used both to identify proteins as allergens and to assess their relative potency. Often these research situations include allergens that are not well characterized or are unknown. In these situations, specific allergens are not available to be evaluated by more well-known assays (such as ELISAs), and developing a specific assay to evaluate an extract or mixture for an unknown or potential allergen is very time consuming and generally requires purified antigen/allergen. Additionally, when the comparison of the relative potency of multiple extracts is of interest, a common/generic platform is necessary. A more generic method, the rat basophil leukemia cell assay (RBL assay), has been developed which provides insight into the allergenicity of extracts and mixtures as well as providing a common platform for relative potency comparison between/among these complex allergen sources.


Assuntos
Antígenos/metabolismo , Basófilos/patologia , Imunoensaio/métodos , Imunoglobulina E/metabolismo , Leucemia/imunologia , Animais , Adesão Celular , Camundongos , Pólen/imunologia , Ratos , beta-N-Acetil-Hexosaminidases/metabolismo
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BMJ Open ; 7(7): e014950, 2017 07 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28706091

RESUMO

OBJECTIVES: Cerebral palsy (CP) remains the world's most common childhood physical disability with total annual costs of care and lost well-being of $A3.87b. The PREDICT-CP (NHMRC 1077257 Partnership Project: Comprehensive surveillance to PREDICT outcomes for school age children with CP) study will investigate the influence of brain structure, body composition, dietary intake, oropharyngeal function, habitual physical activity, musculoskeletal development (hip status, bone health) and muscle performance on motor attainment, cognition, executive function, communication, participation, quality of life and related health resource use costs. The PREDICT-CP cohort provides further follow-up at 8-12 years of two overlapping preschool-age cohorts examined from 1.5 to 5 years (NHMRC 465128 motor and brain development; NHMRC 569605 growth, nutrition and physical activity). METHODS AND ANALYSES: This population-based cohort study undertakes state-wide surveillance of 245 children with CP born in Queensland (birth years 2006-2009). Children will be classified for Gross Motor Function Classification System; Manual Ability Classification System, Communication Function Classification System and Eating and Drinking Ability Classification System. Outcomes include gross motor function, musculoskeletal development (hip displacement, spasticity, muscle contracture), upper limb function, communication difficulties, oropharyngeal dysphagia, dietary intake and body composition, participation, parent-reported and child-reported quality of life and medical and allied health resource use. These detailed phenotypical data will be compared with brain macrostructure and microstructure using 3 Tesla MRI (3T MRI). Relationships between brain lesion severity and outcomes will be analysed using multilevel mixed-effects models. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The PREDICT-CP protocol is a prospectively registered and ethically accepted study protocol. The study combines data at 1.5-5 then 8-12 years of direct clinical assessment to enable prediction of outcomes and healthcare needs essential for tailoring interventions (eg, rehabilitation, orthopaedic surgery and nutritional supplements) and the projected healthcare utilisation. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ACTRN: 12616001488493.


Assuntos
Paralisia Cerebral , Vigilância da População , Paralisia Cerebral/diagnóstico , Criança , Estudos de Coortes , Humanos , Prognóstico , Projetos de Pesquisa
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Inhal Toxicol ; 26(8): 474-84, 2014 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24987979

RESUMO

Damp/moldy indoor environments, which have resulted from flooding events and may increase as a result of climate change, have been associated with asthma exacerbation. Certain molds found in significantly higher or lower concentrations in asthmatics' homes compared to control homes have been categorized as Group 1 (G1) and Group 2 (G2) molds, respectively. We have compared the allergic potential of selected G1/G2 molds to house dust mite (HDM) in a mouse model. BALB/c mice were exposed to mold (0-80 µg) or HDM (20 µg) extract by intratracheal aspiration either 4X over 4 weeks (allergenicity) or 1X (non-specific responses). Airflow limitation (methacholine challenge) was measured (Day 1) and serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid were collected (Day 2) after the final exposure. The G1 molds induced low-to-moderate responses and required higher doses to achieve antigen-specific IgE results similar to those induced by HDM. Compared to HDM responses, the G2 mold in this study required lower doses to induce a similar response. Acute exposure responses suggest some molds may exacerbate asthmatic responses. These studies demonstrate the differing capacities of molds to induce responses associated with allergic asthma, including differences in the threshold dose for allergy induction. Therefore, molds must be evaluated individually for allergic/asthmatic potential. These studies along with our previous studies with G1 (Stachybotrys chartarum)/G2 (Penicillium chrysogenum) molds suggest that the G1/G2 categorization is not indicative of allergic potential but they do not preclude this categorization's utility in determining unhealthy building dampness.


Assuntos
Alérgenos/toxicidade , Antígenos de Fungos/toxicidade , Poluição do Ar em Ambientes Fechados , Animais , Antígenos de Dermatophagoides/toxicidade , Líquido da Lavagem Broncoalveolar/citologia , Contagem de Células , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Cladosporium/imunologia , Feminino , Habitação , Imunoglobulina E/sangue , Imunoglobulina E/imunologia , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Ratos , Scopulariopsis/imunologia , Trichoderma/imunologia , Água
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Inhal Toxicol ; 22(6): 460-8, 2010 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20235799

RESUMO

A report by the Institute of Medicine suggested that more research is needed to better understand mold effects on allergic disease, particularly asthma development. The authors compared the ability of the fungus Stachybotrys chartarum (SCE) and house dust mite (HDM) extracts to induce allergic responses in BALB/c mice. The extracts were administered by intratracheal aspiration (IA) at several doses (0, 2.5, 5, 10, 20, 40, and 80 microg) 4 times over a 4-week period. Three days after the last IA exposure, serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were collected. The relative allergenicity of the extracts was evaluated based on the lowest dose that induced a significant response compared to control (0 microg) and the linear regression slope analysis across the dose range. SCE induced a more robust response than HDM for BALF some inflammatory cells (macrophage and neutrophils), whereas HDM induced more robust BALF lymphocyte and eosinophil responses. Although SCE induced a more robust serum total immunoglobulin E (IgE) response than did HDM, the induction of a similar response in a functional, antigen-specific IgE assay required approximately twice as much SCE as HDM. Even though SCE demonstrates the ability to induce allergic responses in the mouse model, considering the importance and relevance of eosinophil, lymphocyte, and antigen-specific IgE in allergic airway disease, it is concluded that HDM is more potent than SCE in the induction of allergic responses. These data suggest a threshold dose for SCE allergy induction. Furthermore, in damp water-damaged environments, exposure to S. chartarum might easily exceed the sensitization threshold for a susceptible population.


Assuntos
Antígenos de Dermatophagoides/imunologia , Antígenos de Fungos/imunologia , Hipersensibilidade/etiologia , Pyroglyphidae/imunologia , Stachybotrys/imunologia , Animais , Líquido da Lavagem Broncoalveolar/química , Líquido da Lavagem Broncoalveolar/citologia , Líquido da Lavagem Broncoalveolar/imunologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Feminino , Hipersensibilidade/sangue , Hipersensibilidade/imunologia , Imunoglobulina E/sangue , L-Lactato Desidrogenase/análise , Contagem de Leucócitos , Modelos Lineares , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Peptídeo Hidrolases/metabolismo , Ratos , beta-N-Acetil-Hexosaminidases/análise
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Nurse Educ Pract ; 3(4): 236-44, 2003 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19038128

RESUMO

Developing nursing practice in any area demands skills, knowledge, support and a long term commitment to the achievement of best practice. It is easy to become overwhelmed by the competing demands for client care and service delivery. It is not always easy to see how good ideas, clinical concerns and professionally led objectives, can be realised in practice. Ongoing professional development activities, including formal educational programmes can contribute to individual staff members' ability to take on practice development projects. Too often however, educational programmes are seen as making little real difference to clinical practice. Work-based learning, a relatively new approach in higher education in the United Kingdom, presents opportunities for Universities and healthcare providers to work in partnership to realise the shared aims of developing nursing practice. Specific examples, drawn from the personal experiences of one of the authors, will examine the contribution of a work-based learning approach to integrating learning and developing practice in the field of cancer care. The work-based learning approach can bring about tangible benefits for patients, practitioners and organisations, but only if the organisational and contextual factors which impact on practice and its development are properly considered and managed through effective partnerships.

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Toxicol Sci ; 67(1): 88-97, 2002 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11961220

RESUMO

Exposure of rodents to immunosuppressive agents such as ozone, dioxin, or ultraviolet radiation (UVR) leads to increased morbidity and mortality following influenza virus infection. However, these adverse effects are not related to the suppression of virus-specific immune responses. Our laboratory showed that UVR increased the morbidity, mortality, and pathogenesis of influenza virus without affecting protective immunity to the virus, as measured by resistance to reinfection, suggesting that UVR and other immunosuppressive pollutants such as dioxin and ozone may exacerbate early responses that contribute to the pathogenesis of a primary viral infection. In the present study, we examined the mechanism of UVR-enhanced mortality in the absence of effects on virus-specific immunity and tested the hypothesis that modulation of cytokine levels was associated with increased deaths and body weight loss. BALB/c mice were exposed to 8.2 kJ/m(2) UVR and were infected 3 days later with a sublethal influenza virus infection (LD(40) of mouse-adapted Hong Kong influenza A/68, H(3)N(2)). Influx of inflammatory cells, proinflammatory cytokines, and cytokines produced by T-helper lymphocytes (Th1 and Th2) were measured in lung homogenates (LH) as well as in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL). UVR preexposure decreased the influenza-induced lymphocytic influx 5 days after infection, but did not alter macrophage and neutrophil influx into the lung, or increase virus titers significantly. Although interferon (IFN)-gamma, total interleukin (IL)-12, IL-6, and TNF-alpha were altered in mice that received UVR exposure prior to infection, no clear association was made that correlated with the UVR-induced increase in body weight loss and mortality due to influenza infection.


Assuntos
Vírus da Influenza A/imunologia , Pulmão/imunologia , Monocinas/biossíntese , Infecções por Orthomyxoviridae/imunologia , Células Th1/efeitos da radiação , Animais , Líquido da Lavagem Broncoalveolar/citologia , Líquido da Lavagem Broncoalveolar/imunologia , Feminino , Hospedeiro Imunocomprometido , Longevidade/efeitos da radiação , Pulmão/patologia , Pulmão/efeitos da radiação , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Infecções por Orthomyxoviridae/patologia , Organismos Livres de Patógenos Específicos , Células Th1/imunologia , Células Th2/imunologia , Células Th2/efeitos da radiação , Raios Ultravioleta
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