Intranasal application of chitin microparticles down‐regulates symptoms of allergic hypersensitivity to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Aspergillus fumigatus in murine models of allergy
- 11 December 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical and Experimental Allergy
- Vol. 32 (12), 1794-1800
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2222.2002.01551.x
Abstract
Background Previous studies have demonstrated that chitin in the form of microparticles that can be phagocytosed is a potent macrophage stimulator and promotes a Th1 cytokine response and it has been...Keywords
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