IMMUNE RESP IN NEONATAL HOUSE DUST MITE-SENSITIZED MONKEYS FOL EXPTO OZONE

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 吸入皮质类固醇(ICS)经常用于治疗幼儿持续性哮喘，但这种治疗方法在生命第一年的安全性和有效性尚不清楚。我们以前曾报道，暴露于室内尘螨(HDM)气溶胶和臭氧的方案会导致6个月大的恒河猴呼吸道高反应性和嗜酸性粒细胞增多。在目前的研究中，我们确定了ICS治疗是否可以预防或减轻这种儿童哮喘动物模型的呼吸道炎症。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are frequently used to treat persistent asthma in young children, however the safety and efficacy of this therapeutic modality during the first year of life is not known. We have previously reported that an exposure regimen of house dust mite (HDM) aerosol and ozone results in the development of airway hyperresponsiveness and eosinophilia in 6 month old infant rhesus monkeys. In the current study, we determined if ICS treatment can prevent or attenuate airways inflammation in this animal model of childhood asthma.