To evaluate the clinical significance of autoantibodies to three major epithelial cytokeratins (CK)--CK8, CK18, and CK19--we compared 66 patients with toluene diisocyanate (TDI)-induced asthma (group I) with three control groups: 169 asymptomatic exposed subjects (group II), 64 patients with allergic asthma (group III), and 123 unexposed healthy subjects (group IV). Serum IgG, specific for huma...

BACKGROUND Offspring of asthmatic mothers have increased risk of developing asthma, based on human epidemiologic data and experimental animal models. The objective of this study was to determine whether maternal allergy at non-pulmonary sites can increase asthma risk in offspring. METHODS BALB/c female mice received 2 topical applications of vehicle, dinitrochlorobenzene, or toluene diisocyan...

BACKGROUND The loop diuretic frusemide has been shown to inhibit the bronchoconstrictor response to exercise, inhaled allergen, distilled water, adenosine, and sodium metabisulphite. Toluene diisocyanate contracts smooth muscle by activating capsaicin sensitive nerves and causes asthma that shares many features with allergen induced asthma. METHODS The study was designed to assess the effect ...

The loss of airway epithelial integrity contributes significantly to asthma pathogenesis. Evidence suggests that vitamin D plays an important role in the prevention and treatment of asthma. However, its role in airway epithelial barrier function remains uncertain. We have previously demonstrated impaired epithelial junctions in a model of toluene diisocyanate (TDI)-induced asthma. In the presen...

BACKGROUND Quercetin, a dietary flavonoid found in many fruits, red wine and onion, among others, has been reported to have potent anti-oxidant, anti-viral and anti-cancer effects. Although quercetin is also reported to have anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effects, the precise mechanisms by which quercetin favorably modify the clinical conditions of allergic diseases such as allergic rhinit...

Toluene diisocyanate (TDI)-induced airway disease is a disorder characterized by chronic airway inflammation and airway remodeling. A recently discovered group of cytokines is the IL-17 family, which has been introduced as an important regulator of immune and inflammatory responses, including airway inflammation. Recently, we have reported that phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromo...

The main objective of this search was to prepare novel soluble polyureas with improved thermal stability. Accordingly, a new types of polyureas was prepared through the polycondensation reaction of a prepared diamine containing ether, keto, and naphthyl groups with 4,4’-diphenylmethan diisocyanate (MDI), toluene-2,4-diisocyanate (TDI), and isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) in N-methyl-2-pyrrol...

ATX is a secreted enzyme that produces lysophosphatindic acid (LPA) in plasma. For several years investigators have characterized endogenous factors that regulate ATX expression and compartmentalization. However many questions remain unanswered and this article highlights our recent finding that autotaxin (ATX) is readily induced by toxic environmental chemicals. LPA binds G-protein coupled rec...

In this study, the hydroxyl groups of cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB) oligomer were reacted with toluene diisocyanate-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (TDI-HEMA) adduct, in order to improve properties CAB such as flexibility, thermal stability etc. Then obtained modified was characterized by FTIR and 1H NMR analysis. UV-curable coating formulations prepared using oligomer, then applied on cotton fabr...