Results 252 respiratory physicians were enrolled and 224 effective questionnaire were included in analysis. Among the 224 physicians, 92.9% had heard of SIT before and 75.9% regard SIT as an effective treatment in allergic diseases. However, only 55.8% thought SIT was proved to be effective in asthma.43.8% of the physicians agreed with that SIT had a long-term efficacy, 23.7% knew that there we...

PURPOSE Specific immunotherapy (SIT) is a suitable but uncommon treatment option for allergic rhinitis (AR) in China. The current understanding and attitude of Chinese ENT (ear, nose, and throat) specialists in regards to SIT is unclear. This study investigates current trends in the awareness and application status of SIT among Chinese ENT specialists. METHODS We performed a nationwide, cross...

The protonation of different species of glycylisoleucine were studied in the pH range of 1.5 - 10 at25 °C using potentiometric technique. Investigations were performed in sodium perchlorate andtetraethylammonium iodide as background electrolytes at I (0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, and 0.6) moldm-3. The parameters based on the protonation constants were calculated, and their dependenceson ionic stren...

Who is really misleading decision-makers about costffective approaches to tackling tsetse flies? Bouyer et al. (2013) claim we have given misleading dvice in our paper (Shaw et al., 2013) on the costs of ontrolling or eliminating riverine or savannah species of setse using various techniques, singly or in combination. e suggested that the most cost-effective option is often setse control, rathe...

UNLABELLED T helper (Th)17 cells have been implicated in the development of allergic rhinitis (AR), but their response to specific immunotherapy (SIT) remains unclear. We investigated the impact of SIT on Th17 response and Th1/Th2 changes in AR patients. Blood samples from AR patients (n = 20) who were monosensitized to house dust mite (HDM) were collected before the initiation of SIT (SIT-untr...

Allergic diseases basically are immunologic disorders related to the activation of a distinct cytokine pattern in T cells, including increased secretion of certain allergic in ̄ammatory cytokines, particularly IL-4, IL5, and/or IL-13 (1±3). Whereas the symptoms of immediate and late-type allergic reactions can be ameliorated by various pharmacologic treatments, allergen-speci®c immunotherapy (SI...