Results Twenty-two children (median age: 6.63 y.o.; IQR: 5.22-10.12) were classified as allergic in the basis of at least two convincing clinical reactions upon ingestion of PNT in the last two years. Sixty-nine children (median age: 8.01 y.o.; IQR: 6.01-11.27) were classified as tolerant on the basis of regular consumption of PNT. Positive SPT with commercial PNT extract was found in 86% of th...

a better understanding of the mechanism of chromosomal aberration formation could be obtained by using dna repair inhibitors. immortalized normal human (mrc 5 svi) and ataxia telangiectasia ( at 5 biv a ) fibroblastic cell lines were treated with adenosine arabinoside (ara-a) and cytosine arabinoside (ara-c), both potent inhibitors of dna dsb repair, alone or in combination with x-rays at g2 or...

Previous studies have indicated that deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) is requisite and rate limiting in the phosphorylation of 1-0-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine (ara-C) and 9-/8-D-arabinofuranosyl-2-fluoroadenine (Fara-A) on the pathway to their respective cytotoxic 5'-triphosphates. In K562 cells, the rate of triphosphate accumulation was maximal during incubation with 10 //M ara-C (35 ¿(M/h) and 300 ...

BACKGROUND The relative contribution and the relation between individual peanut allergens in peanut allergic responses is still matter of debate. We determined the individual contribution of peanut proteins to B, T cell and allergic effector responses in a mouse model for peanut allergy. METHODS Mice were immunized and challenged by oral gavage with peanut protein extract or isolated allergen...

BACKGROUND Diagnosing peanut allergy based on sensitisation alone leads to an unacceptable rate of overdiagnosis. OBJECTIVE To define parameters that may help differentiate peanut allergy from asymptomatic sensitisation in a cohort of South African (SA) children with atopic dermatitis (AD). It is the first study in SA to utilise oral food challenge tests and analyse peanut component patterns....

Our previous work has shown that incubation of K562 cells or lymphocytes from patients with advanced chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) with arabinosyl-2-fluoroadenine (F-ara-A) potentiates the rate of arabinosylcytosine 5'-triphosphate (ara-CTP) synthesis during subsequent treatment with arabinosylcytosine (ara-C). To test the biochemical modulation of ara-CTP in a clinical setting, we designe...

Purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency leads to a dGTP-mediated T-lymphopenia, suggesting that an analogue of deoxyguanosine would be selectively effective in T-cell disease. 9-beta-D-Arabinofuranosylguanine (ara-G) is relatively resistant to hydrolysis by purine nucleoside phosphorylase and selectively toxic to T cells, but its low solubility has prevented its use in the clinic. 2-Amino-6-...

Allergic reactions to peanut (Arachis hypogaea, Ara h) are caused by immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated sensitizations to various proteins. The stability and relative proportion of these proteins in peanut determine the risk of hazardous reactions. Hazardous sensitization to seed storage proteins [S2 albumins (Ara h 2, 6 and 7) > other seed storage proteins (Ara 1 and 3) > oleosins (Ara h 10 and 1...