BACKGROUND: Obesity in children is associated with increased asthma and atopy.
OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether obesity in childhood or adolescence …

Objective (1) To review the diagnoses after 10 years in patients who were identified within
12 months of the onset of well established and undifferentiated connective tissue diseases …

Importance Improved understanding of allergic disease epidemiology lead to novel
therapeutic and prevention strategies. Objectives To study the association between US …

All available therapies for human allergic disease target IgE mediated pathologic responses
after IgE has been produced. We are developing tetracyclines as anti-allergy drugs to …

BACKGROUND: Wild-type varicella zoster virus infection (WTVZV) early in childhood has
been shown to protect against the development of asthma and atopy. OBJECTIVE: To …

Green tea (Camelia sinensis) is known to possess biological properties that are
antioxidative and antimutagenic. Recent studies demonstrated beneficial effects of green tea …

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes lower respiratory tract disease in infants and young
children, and is a public health concern, as is the increase in pediatric asthma. Respiratory …

The objective of this study was to examine the relationship of allergen sensitivity to asthma
symptoms among inner-city asthmatics seen at our Brooklyn, NY, asthma center. We …

The production of IgE specific to different viruses (HIV-1, Parvovirus B19, Parainfluenza
virus, Varicella Zoster Virus), and the ability of IgE anti-HIV-1 to suppress HIV-1 production in …

BACKGROUND: We have recently found that the tetracycline minocycline suppresses
inflammatory responses in serum immunoglobulin (Ig) E-positive asthmatic patients, and that …