Chitins and Chitosans as Immunoadjuvants and Non-Allergenic Drug Carriers

Induction of Th1-Type Immune Response by Chitosan Nanoparticles Containing Plasmid DNA Encoding House Dust Mite Allergen Der p 2 for Oral Vaccination in Mice

(2010) Guoping Li et al.   Cellular & Molecular Immunology

Cancer, chitosan nanoparticles and catalytic nucleic acids

(2010) Mei Lin Tan et al.   JOURNAL OF PHARMACY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Pathogen recognition in the innate immune response

(2009) Himanshu Kumar et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Chitosan conjugated DNA nanoparticles in gene therapy

(2009) R. Jayakumar et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Chitinases and chitinase-like proteins: potential therapeutic targets for the treatment of T-helper type 2 allergies

(2009) T. E. Sutherland et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY

Chitosan nanoparticles for drug delivery to the eye

(2009) Patrizia Paolicelli et al.   Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery

A Novel, Potential Microflora-Activated Carrier for a Colon-Specific Drug Delivery System and Its Characteristics

(2009) Ming-Jun Wang et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Role of Mammalian Chitinases in Asthma

(2009) Lim Shuhui et al.   INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

FG90 chitosan as a new polymer for metronidazole mucoadhesive tablets for vaginal administration

(2009) Luana Perioli et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS

Chitin Is a Size-Dependent Regulator of Macrophage TNF and IL-10 Production

(2009) C. A. Da Silva et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Oxidative Stress and Asthma: Proteome Analysis of Chitinase-like Proteins and FIZZ1 in Lung Tissue and Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid

(2009) Lifeng Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Chitin, Chitinases and Chitinase-like Proteins in Allergic Inflammation and Tissue Remodeling

(2009) Chun Geun Lee   YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL

Microtexture and Chitin/Calcite Orientation Relationship in the Mineralized Exoskeleton of the American Lobster

(2008) Ali Al-Sawalmih et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Genetic Variation in the Promoter Region ofChitinase 3-Like 1Is Associated with Atopy

(2008) Myung Hyun Sohn et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Chitinase Activates Protease-Activated Receptor-2 in Human Airway Epithelial Cells

(2008) Jeong Hee Hong et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The effect of water-soluble chitosan on macrophage activation and the attenuation of mite allergen-induced airway inflammation

(2008) Chin-Lung Chen et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Chitins and chitosans for the repair of wounded skin, nerve, cartilage and bone

(2008) Riccardo A.A. Muzzarelli   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

Expression, purification andin vitroantifungal activity of acidic mammalian chitinase againstCandida albicans,Aspergillus fumigatusandTrichophyton rubrumstrains

(2008) L. Chen et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Chitinase 3-Like-1 (CHI3L1): A Putative Disease Marker at the Interface of Proteomics and Glycomics

(2008) Frederick D. Coffman   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES

Novel biomarkers in asthma: chemokines and chitinase-like proteins

(2008) Dominik Hartl et al.   Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Chitin regulation of immune responses: an old molecule with new roles

(2008) Chun Geun Lee et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY

739 Oral Chitin Administration Ameliorates Chronic Colitis in TCRα Knockout Mice By Upregulating IFNγ-Production and Downregulating Chitinase 3-Like-1 Expression in Mucosal Tissues

(2008) Katsuya Nagatani et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

The immunologic effect of TGF-beta1 chitosan nanoparticle plasmids on ovalbumin-induced allergic BALB/c mice

(2008) Fei Li et al.   IMMUNOBIOLOGY

Chitotriosidase is the primary active chitinase in the human lung and is modulated by genotype and smoking habit

(2008) Max A. Seibold et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Genetic association of acidic mammalian chitinase with atopic asthma and serum total IgE levels

(2008) Rajshekhar Chatterjee et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Pathogen recognition by innate receptors

(2008) Yutaro Kumagai et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Modified Chitosans for Oral Drug Delivery

(2008) Martin Werle et al.   JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

Chitinase 3-like-1 enhances bacterial adhesion to colonic epithelial cells through the interaction with bacterial chitin-binding protein

(2008) Mayumi Kawada et al.   LABORATORY INVESTIGATION

Chitosan citrate as multifunctional polymer for vaginal delivery

(2007) Maria Cristina Bonferoni et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES