Aspergillus fumigatus (Af), a ubiquitous fungus, causes multiple airway diseases ranging
from saprophytic colonization to extensive life threatening invasion with a multitude of …

Asthma is clinically characterized as a disease manifested as reversible or mostly reversible
bronchial obstruction with cough and wheeze accompanied by hyperresponsiveness of the …

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a hypersensitivity lung disease mediated
by an allergic late-phase inflammatory response to Aspergillus fumigatus antigens …

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a hypersensitivity lung disease caused
predominantly by the ubiquitous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. ABPA is characterized by …

[Frontiers in Bioscience 8, e110-114, January 1, 2003] PATHOLOGY OF ALLERGIC
BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS Anne Chetty Departme Page 1 [Frontiers in …

Introduction 2.1 Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) 2.2. Cytokines and
chemokines 2.3. Allergic inflammation: The aggressive Th2-type response 3. Cytokines …

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is characterized by an allergic
immunological response to Aspergillus fumigatus. In this study, we investigated whether …

The chapter provides an overview on allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA).
Recombinant DNA technology has allowed for identification and production of many …

Hinson et al.[1] first described allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) in three adult
asthmatics in 1952 in England, and subsequently Slavin et al.[2] described the first case of …

For decades, fungi have been recognized as associated with asthma and other reactive
airway diseases. In contrast to type I-mediated allergies caused by pollen, fungi cause a …