LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Estrogen receptor mRNA determined by Quantitative Real-Time PCR in the nasal mucosa of women taking oral contraceptives

SUMMARY: Estrogen receptors (ER) have been identified in human nasal mucosa, but its physiologic and pathologic impacts are not totally established. ER have been demonstrated in nasal mucosa by several authors, mainly by immunohistochemical method in nasal mucosa samples surgically removed. The present s...

Effect of cigarette smoke on counts of immunoreactive cells to eotaxin-1 and eosinophils on the nasal mucosa in young patients with perennial allergic rhinitis

Montaño-Velázquez, Bertha Beatriz; Flores-Rojas, Eulalia Beatriz; García-Vázquez, Francisco Javier; Jurado-Hernandez, Silvio; Venancio Hernández, Marco Antonio; Alanis Flores, Angélica Kathya; Jáuregui-Renaud, Kathrine.

Braz. j. otorhinolaryngol. (Impr.); 83 (4), 2017

Abstract Introduction: In teenagers with perennial allergic rhinitis, exposure to tobacco cigarette smoke increases the count of eosinophils in the nasal mucosa; the recruitment of eosinophils arises from the combined action of a number of cellular and molecular signals, including eotaxin. Objective: T...

Recuento de Células, Quimiocina CCL11/análisis, Quimiocina CCL11/inmunología, Estudios Transversales, Eosinófilos/citología, Eosinófilos/inmunología, Inmunohistoquímica, Mucosa Nasal/química, Mucosa Nasal/citología, Mucosa Nasal/inmunología, Rinitis Alérgica Estacional/inmunología, Rinitis Alérgica Estacional/patología, Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad, Contaminación por Humo de Tabaco/efectos adversos

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