Prior exposure to inhaled allergen enhances anti-viral immunity and T cell priming by dendritic cells

• Main Authors: Lee, Debbie C. P., Tay, Neil Q., Thian, Marini, Prabhu, Nayana, Furuhashi, Kazuki, Kemeny, David M.
• Other Authors: Olszewski, Michal A
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Asthma; Allergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87428; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44397
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Influenza and asthma are two of the major public health concerns in the world today. During the 2009 influenza pandemic asthma was found to be the commonest comorbid illness of patients admitted to hospital. Unexpectedly, it was also observed that asthmatic patients admitted to hospital with influen...