Skin test reactivity to the mitogen PHA was normal as were the dh skin test reactivities in 4 out of 5 control patients with mucous atopic rhinitis/sinusitis and 2 cases of nasal suppuration due to disturbed mucociliary transport.
By Northern blot analysis and Southern blot analysis following a reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction using a human GM-CSF cDNA probe, we detected GM-CSF mRNA in nasal polyp tissues, as well as in the tissue from a patient with allergic rhinitis, but not in the normal nasal mucosa.
By using the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and Southern blot hybridization, we demonstrated that Fc epsilon RI alpha-chain (Fc epsilon RI alpha) messenger RNA was expressed in eosinophils purified from the peripheral blood of patients with allergic rhinitis and that this expression was enhanced by IL-4.
By using the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and Southern blot hybridization, we demonstrated that Fc epsilon RI alpha-chain (Fc epsilon RI alpha) messenger RNA was expressed in eosinophils purified from the peripheral blood of patients with allergic rhinitis and that this expression was enhanced by IL-4.
When the levels of expression of cytokines and beta-actin mRNA were quantitated, the mean density ratios (cytokine/beta-actin) for IL-4 and IL-5 were higher in patients with allergic rhinitis than in control subjects.
When the levels of expression of cytokines and beta-actin mRNA were quantitated, the mean density ratios (cytokine/beta-actin) for IL-4 and IL-5 were higher in patients with allergic rhinitis than in control subjects.