Indoor dust acts as an adjuvant to promote sensitization to peanut through the airway.

Johanna M SmeekensRobert M ImmorminoPeter A BaloghScott H RandellMichael D KulisTimothy P Moran

Published in: Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2019)

Indoor dust promotes airway sensitization to peanut and development of peanut allergy in mice. Our findings suggest that environmental adjuvants in indoor dust may be determinants of peanut allergy development in children.

Keyphrases

health risk
human health
air pollution
heavy metals
particulate matter
health risk assessment
drinking water
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
risk assessment
early stage
young adults
atopic dermatitis
type diabetes
infectious diseases