Introduction: Palmar dermatoglyphics is a simple, inexpensive andnon-invasive anatomical procedure which may be used as a reliable indicator for screening of high risk population in a developing country like India. Bronchial asthma is influenced by genetic factors and the present study was carried out to correlate the dermatoglyphic quantitative & qualitative parameters in patients of bronchial...

A double-blind crossover study of the effects of real and placebo acupuncture on bronchial reactivity to histamine was carried out on 16 patients with moderately severe asthma. Treatment with real or placebo acupuncture failed to modulate the bronchial hyperreactivity to histamine. These results suggest that a single treatment with acupuncture is unlikely to provide improvement in the managemen...

The purpose of this investigation was to study factors of importance for the degree of bronchial responsiveness and, furthermore, to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of a bronchial challenge test with histamine for the diagnosis of asthma in 495 randomly selected children and adolescents, aged 7-16 yrs, from Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet. Detailed history about allergic s...

Background: The relationship between fi broblasts, myofi broblasts, and smooth muscle cells within the airway wall remains poorly understood. Objective: The cellular characteristics of primary bronchial fi broblasts from patients with asthma were investigated by evaluating the expression of 3 proteins: α–smooth muscle actin (SMA), fi bronectin containing extra type III domain A (EDAcFN), and sm...

Background: Fairly recent data highlight the role of programmed cell death and autoimmunity, as potentially important factors in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive airway diseases. The purpose of our research was to determine the influence of apoptotic factors on the immunity of patients with atopic bronchial asthma according to the degree of severity. Method: The study was performed on th...

Results Serum sCD23 was significantly increased (p<0.01) in bronchial asthma (1209.8 ± 68.01 pg/mL), bronchiolitis (1455.52 ± 146.92 pg/mL) and bronchial pneumonia (1406.35 ± 98.26 pg/mL) when compared to controls (691.5 ± 74.94 pg/mL). Serum IgE and blood histamine levels were increased significantly (P<0.05) and IFN-g (Th1 cytokine) was significantly lower (P<0.01) in both bronchial asthma an...

BACKGROUND Fairly recent data highlight the role of programmed cell death and autoimmunity, as potentially important factors in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive airway diseases. The purpose of our research was to determine the influence of apoptotic factors on the immunity of patients with atopic bronchial asthma according to the degree of severity. METHOD The study was performed on th...

BACKGROUND Asthmatics in particular have a need for influenza vaccines because influenza infection is a frequent cause of hospitalization of patients with bronchial asthma. Currently, only inactivated influenza vaccines are recommended for influenza prevention in asthma sufferers. OBJECTIVE The aim of our study was to analyze and compare the effects of influenza infection and vaccination with...

Allergic rhinitis (AR) is one of the most common diseases in world, often combined with bronchial asthma. The lecture discusses modern ideas about mechanisms pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment AR, which allows to develop a personalized approach patients AR.

Bronchial asthma and obesity are common medical problems as there are more than 300 million patients with bronchial asthma [1,2] and 2 billion obese and overweight subjects worldwide [3]. However, about 36% of American subjects were obese in 20092010 [4]. In this regard, association between obesity and asthma reduce responsiveness to steroid therapy, increase exacerbation of asthma and reduce c...