Issue Special Issue 3/2010
Fifth Annual Research Conference: Innovation from Cell to Society
Content (38 Articles)
Identification of a functional SNP in an asthma gene: IL1RL1
Loubna Akhabir, Andrew Sandford
Functional characterization of human variants of NFKBIA: a key regulator of immune responsiveness implicated in susceptibility to infectious and inflammatory disease
Salman Ali, Aaron Hirschfeld, Rachel Victor, Edgardo S Fortuno III, Tobias R Kollmann, Stuart E Turvey
Functional genomics of the peripheral blood response to allergen inhalation challenge
Sarah HY Kam, Jian Ruan, Gail M Gauvreau, Paul M O'Byrne, J Mark FitzGerald, Scott J Tebbutt
Association between filaggrin family member genes, asthma, atopy and atopic asthma with atopic dermatitis history in the subjects from the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean founder population
Marie-Hélène Lambert, Karine Tremblay, Anne-Marie Madore, Catherine Laprise
Examining the role of arginase in air pollution-induced exacerbation of asthma
Michelle L North, Hajera Amatullah, Nivedita Khanna, Bruce Urch, Mary Speck, Hartmut Grasemann, Frances Silverman, Jeremy A Scott
Characteristics of atopic asthma and non-atopic asthma in the Study of Asthma, Genes and the Environment (SAGE) Cohort at 11-13 years
J Pitt, AB Becker, A Kozyrskyj
Flow cytometry to identify leukocyte sub-populations in blood and induced sputum in asthmatic and healthy volunteers exposed to diesel exhaust
Mandy Pui, John C Lay, Neil E Alexis, Christopher Carlsten
Respiratory syncytial virus replication induces Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) activation in human dendritic cells
Farnam Ajamian, Yingqi Wu, Francis Davoine, Redwan Moqbel, Darryl J Adamko
Regulation of Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin (TSLP) receptor expression
Zoulfia Allakhverdi, Guy Delespesse
Adhesion molecules in experimental peanut allergy
Jami Bennett, Steven Maltby, Erin Frohwerk, Kay Jian, Helen Merkens, Mathew Tunis, Kelly McNagny
CD103 in the development of experimental asthma
Marie-Renee Blanchet, Matthew Gold, Jami Bennett, Kelly McNagny
Increased methacholine sensitivity after eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea
Evelyne Blouin, Valérie Bougault, Julie Turmel, Louis-Philippe Boulet
Fetal origin of allergic asthma: insights on mechanistic cues and therapeutic targets arising from a mouse model of prenatal stress challenge
Christian A Bruenahl, Maike Pincus, Emilia Solano, Evelin Hagen, Astrid Friebe, Russ Ellis, Mark Inman, Petra C Arck
Sleep disturbances in a Canadian population with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
A Des Cormiers, LP Boulet
CD34 function in intracellular signaling and mucosal inflammatory disease development
Matthew Gold, Marie-Renee Blanchet, Lionel A Samayawardhena, Jami Bennett, Steven Maltby, Catherine J Pallen, Kelly M McNagny
Analysis of Tie2 function in mast cells
Alison Hirukawa, D James Haddon, Frann Antignano, Michael R Hughes, Kelly M McNagny
Unique properties of RV in an in vitro model of asthma exacerbation
Ramses Ilarraza, Yingqi Wu, Darryl Adamko
The protective effect of fenretinide against allergic asthma
Cynthia Kanagaratham, Gabriella Wojewodka, Pierre Camateros, Danuta Radzioch
Importance of routes of exposure in the development of immune response to peanut
Nivedita Khanna, Jeremy A Scott
A bacterial immune-prophylactic approach against asthma for infants and children
Daniela IM Loeffler, Charis Segeritz, Bing Cai, Tobias R Kollmann
The role of perfluooctanoic acid (PFOA) in airway hyperrepsoniveness
Mark Loewen, Sujata Basu, Andrew Halayko, Kent HayGlass, Genevieve Bondy, Allan Becker
Bronchial fibroblasts modulate CD4+Tcells phenotype towards Th17 in asthma
Lionel Loubaki, Eric Jacques, Sophie Plante, Jamila Chakir
CD34 is required for the infiltration of inflammatory cells into the mouse colon during DSS-induced colitis
Steven Maltby, Carolin Wohlfarth, Michael R Hughes, Kelly M McNagny
Immunoregulatory role of secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor in allergic asthma
Rafael Marino, Thusanth Thuraisingam, Pierre Camateros, Yong Zhong Xu, Jennifer Henri, Jingxuan Yang, Guoan He, Aihao Ding, Danuta Radzioch
Cord blood hemopoietic progenitor cell toll like receptor expression and function: a mechanism underlying allergic inflammation in early life?
Pia Reece, Lynn Crawford, Adrian J Baajtes, Michael M Cyr, Roma Sehmi, Judah A Denburg
Virus memory induces airway hyperreactivity through eosinophil activation
Christopher Skappak, Ramses Ilarraza, Yingqi Wu, Erik Saude, Darryl Adamko
IL-13Rα2/AP-1 complex signalling mediates airway epithelial repair without effects on remodeling pathways
Jasemine S Yang, Sima Allahverdian, Gurpreet K Singhera, Ruth E MacRedmond, Delbert R Dorscheid
Does chronic stress predict the development of asthma in pre-adolescents?
S Bahreinian, GDC Ball, BJ MacNeil, KT HayGlass, AB Becker, AL Kozyrskyj
Treatment of allergic reactions to peanut in recent versus initial reaction
Moshe Ben-Shoshan, Luu Nha Nguyen, Reza Alizadehfar, Lianne Soller, Joe Fragapane, Lawrence Joseph, Yvan St Pierre, Laurie Harada, Carole Fortin, Mary Allen, Ann Clarke
Wheeze in the absence of asthma at age 8-10 is not associated with atopy in Manitoba children
Mathieu F Cooney, Jennifer LP Protudjer, Anita L Kozyrskyj, Allan B Becker
Canadians' perception of food allergy risk
Daniel W Harrington, Susan J Elliott, Moshe Ben-Shoshan, Samuel Godefroy, Joseph Fragapane, Lianne Soller, Marilyn Allen, Mary Allen, Claire Dufresne, Laurie Harada, Ann E Clarke
Association of parental FEF25-75% during a methacholine challenge and children's PC20 and diagnosis of asthma
D Houlbrook, AB Becker, CD Ramsey
The relationship of children sensitized to peanut and parental asthma in Study Asthma Genes and the Environment (SAGE)
Henry Huang, Rishma Chooniedass, Anita Kozyrskyj, Allan Becker
CoA Comparison of Manitoba CHILD participants and the general Manitoba population
Jennifer LP Protudjer, Jing C Luo, Allan B Becker
Does perceived stress in pregnant immigrant women predispose their infants to allergic disease development? - a work-in-progress
Miki Peer, Meir Steiner, Susan Waserman, Claudio N Soares
Subsequent childhood asthma and wheeze amongst small-for-gestational-age infants in Manitoba and India: an International Partnership Initiative
Jennifer LP Protudjer, Pratibha Dwarkanath, Anita L Kozyrskyj, Krishnamachari Srinivasan, Anura Kurpad, Allan B Becker
Estimating the prevalence of milk, egg, and wheat allergies in the Canadian population
Lianne Soller, Joseph Fragapane, Moshe Ben-Shoshan, Daniel Harrington, Reza Alizadehfar, Lawrence Joseph, Yvan St Pierre, Samuel Godefroy, Susan Elliott, Ann Clarke
Challenges and strategies in managing food allergy: a patient and allergist perspective
S Xu, S Waserman, M Kastner, K Stawiarski, L Connors