Establishing Health Standards for Indoor Foreign Proteins Related to Asthma: Dust Mite,Cat and Cockroach

CHAPMAN M.D. , AALBERSE R.C. , BROWN M.J. and PLATTS-MILLS T.A.E. (1988). “Monoclonal antibodies to the major feline allergen Fel d I. II. Single step affinity purification of Fel d I, N-Terminal sequence analysis, and development of a sensitive two-site immunoassay to assess Fel d I exposure.” J. Immunol. 140:812–818.

CHAPMAN M.D. , HEYMANN P.W. , WILKINS S.R. , BROWN M.B. and PLATTS-MILLS T.A.E. (1987). “Monoclonal immunoassays for the major dust mite (Dermatophagoides) allergens, Derp I and Der f I, and quantitative analysis of the allergen content of mite and house dust extracts.” J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 80:184–194.

CHAPMAN M.D. , SUTHERLAND W.M. and PLATTS-MILLS T.A.E. (1984). “Recognition of two Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus-spccific epitopes on antigen P₁ using monoclonal antibodies: binding to each epitope can be inhibited by sera from dust mite-allergic patients.” J. Immunol. 133:2488–2495.

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FORD A.W. , SEAGROATT V. , PLATTS-MILLS T.A.E. and LOWENSTEIN H.A. (1985). “A collaborative study on the first international standard of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus extract.” J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 75:676–685.

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HARVEY C. and LONGBOTTOM J.L. (1986). “Characterization of a major antigentic component of Aspergillus fumigatus.“ Clin. Exp. Immunol. 65:206–214.

HEYMANN P.W. , CHAPMAN M.D. and PLATTS-MILLS T.A.E. (1986). “Antigen Der f I from the dust mite Dermatophagoides farinae: structural comparison with Der f I from D.pteronyssinus and epitope specificity of murine IgG and human IgE antibodies.” J. Immunol. 137:2841–2847.

KORSGAARD J. (1983). “Mite asthma and residency: a case-control study on the impact of exposure to house dust mites in dwellings.” Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 128:231.

LUCZYNSKA C.M. , CHAPMAN M.D. and PLATTS-MILLS T.A.E. (1988). “Aerodynamic size and airborne levels of cat allergen.” J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 81:310.

LUCZYNSKA C.M. , LI Y. , CHAPMAN M.D. and PLATTS-MILLS T.A.E. (1990). “Factors controlling airborne concentrations and particle size distribution of allergen derived from domestic cats (Felis domesticus).” AM revs. resp. dis. Feb. 1990.

McCULLOUGH J.A. and OWNBY D.R. (1986). “Do commercial house dust extracts (CHDE) contain unique allergens?” J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 77:130.

OHMAN J.L. and LORUSSO J.R. (1987). “Cat allergen content of commercial house dust extracts: comparison with dust extracts from cat-containing environment.” J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 79:955–959.

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PLATTS-MILLS T.A.E. and CHAPMAN M.D. (1987). “Dust mites: immunology, allergic disease, and environmental control.” J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 80(6):755–775.

PLATTS-MILLS T.A.E. , HAYDEN M.L. , CHAPMAN M.D. and WILKINS S.R. (1986). “Seasonal variation in dust mite and grass pollen allergens in dust from the house of patients with asthma.” J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 79:781–791.

PLATTS-MILLS T.A.E. , TOVEY E.R. , MITCHELL E.B. , MOSZORO H. , NOCK P. and WILKINS S.R. (1982). “Reduction of bronchial hyperreactivity during prolonged allergen avoidance.” Lancet 2:675–678.

POLLART S.M. , CHAPMAN M.D. , FIOCCO G.P. , ROSE G. and PLATTS-MILLS T.A.E. (1989). “Epidemiology of acute asthma: IgE antibodies to common inhalant allergens as a risk factor for Emergency Room visits.” J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 875–880.

POLLART S.M. , PLATTS-MILLS T.A.E. and CHAPMAN M.D. (Submitted). “Identification, quantitation and purification of cockroach (CR) allergens using monoclonal antibodies (mAb).”

POLLART S. , REID M. , BROWN M. , KWASNICKI M. , FLING J. , CHAPMAN M. and PLATTS-MILLS T.A.E. (1988). “Epidemiology of emergency room asthma in northern California: association with IgE antibody to rye grass pollen.” J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 82:224.

Report of an International Workshop, “Dust mite allergens and asthma—a world wide problem.” Bad Krueznach, F.R.G. Bulletin WHO 66(6); and J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 83:416–427 (1988).

SMITH T.F. , KELLY L.B. , HEYMANN P.W. , WILKINS S.R. and PLATTS-MILLS T.A.E. (1985). “Natural exposure and serum antibodies to house dust mite of mite-allergic children with asthma in Atlanta.” J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 76:782–788.

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TOVEY E.R. , CHAPMAN M.D. and PLATTS-MILLS T.A.E. (1981). “Mite faeces are a major source of house dust allergens.” Nature 289:592–593.

TOVEY E.R. , CHAPMAN M.D. , WELLS C.W. and PLATTS-MILLS T.A.E. (1981). “The distribution of dust mite allergen in the houses of patients with asthma.” Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 124:630–635.

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