Immunological Markers in Allergic Rhinitis Patients Treated with Date Palm Immunotherapy

Overview

Journal Inflamm Res

Specialties Allergy & Immunology
Pathology

Date 2012 Mar 30

PMID 22456954

Citations 4

Authors

Ghada Boghdadi

Ayman Marei

Atef Ali

Gamal Lotfy

Magdi Abdulfattah

Samir Sorour

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Abstract

Objective: Allergic rhinitis (AR) is regulated by the local production and release of several cytokines. Allergen specific immunotherapy (IT) has been widely used for many years as a specific treatment of allergic diseases. This study aimed to investigate the changes in clinical and immunological markers before and after Phoenix dactylifera IT in AR patients.

Materials And Methods: Total symptom score and levels of total immunoglobulin E (IgE), albumin, interferon (IFN)-γ, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin (IL)-10, IL-4, and IL-13 were measured in the serum and nasal samples of thirty non-atopic healthy controls and thirty patients with allergic rhinitis before and after 15 months of IT.

Results: We found significantly higher concentrations of serum TNF-α and nasal TNF-α and IL-13, and significantly lower concentration of nasal IL-10, in allergic patients than in non-allergic. Moreover, serum and nasal IL-10 increased significantly after IT. However, there was neither a significant reduction in total IgE nor a significant increase in IFN-γ at the end of IT.

Conclusions: Our data show a clinical improvement associated with a decline in some inflammation parameters after IT. Moreover, date palm IT induced a significant increase in serum and nasal IL-10 levels.

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