Abstract

The authors evaluated mRNA TLR4 expression on neutrophils and the chosen parameters of oxidative-antioxidative balance in blood of 35 children with food allergy (17 of them with IgE-dependent allergy and 18 with IgE-independent allergy) and 15 healthy children without any allergy. The age of these children ranged from 1 to 36 months. Children with food allergy in comparison with healthy children were found to have lower mRNA TLR4 expression, higher average value of chemiluminescence (CL) and its increase after stimulation by fMLP, PMA and OZ as well as lower TAS values. Disturbances of oxidative-antioxidative balance were found in children with food allergy. We suggest that natural immunity is involved in the development of food allergy mechanisms. Moreover, chemiluminescence can be used as an additional diagnostic test.

Details

Title
Evaluation of TLR4 expression and chosen parameters of oxidative-antioxidative balance in young children with food allergy.
Author
Kamer, Barbara 1 ; Kulig, Karolina; Lewkowicz, Przemysław; Kamer-Bartosińska, Anna; Tchórzewski, Henryk

 Second Department of Pediatrics and Allergology, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital - Research Institute, Łódż, Poland 
First page
346
End page
350
Publication year
2010
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Wydawnictwo Via Medica
ISSN
02398508
e-ISSN
18975631
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2692806333
Copyright
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