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- Title
Allergiaellenes szerek és az ICAM-1-antitestek lehetséges alkalmazása a felső légúti infekciók kontrollálásában.
- Authors
HAJNALKA, SZABADKA
- Abstract
Rhinoviruses are responsible for more than 50 percent of upper respiratory infections. It is well-established that the „ Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1” (ICAM-1) plays a crucial role in the adhesion of rhinoviruses and the relevant secondary bacterial pathogen Haemophilus influenzae to the epithelial cells of the respiratory tract. Both rhinoviruses and H. influenzae enhance the expression of ICAM-1 promoting their own attachment and mutually promoting that of the associated pathogen. It was experimentally shown that anti-ICAM-1 antibodies will inhibit infection by both rhinoviruses and H. influenzae. Since some anti-allergic agents - desloratadine and levocetirizine - also inhibit the expression of ICAM-1, their use may be beneficial in controlling some respiratory infections.
- Subjects
ANTIGENS; ANTIHISTAMINES; CELL adhesion molecules; HAEMOPHILUS diseases; HAEMOPHILUS influenzae; RESPIRATORY infections; RNA virus infections; DISEASE complications; PHARMACODYNAMICS
- Publication
Lege Artis Medicine (LAM), 2019, Vol 29, Issue 8/9, p363
- ISSN
0866-4811
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.33616/lam.29.037