This research aims to establish a panel of inflammatory biomarkers of the early (Histamine, Tryptase, ProstaglandineD2) and late (Interleukin-4, Interleukin-5, Interleukin-6, Interleukin-13, Eotaxin, Tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF), (Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-1beta (MIP1ß)) phase response to nasal bolus allergen challenge (NAC) in subjects with out-of-season seasonal allergic rhinitis, suitable for future application in drug intervention studies of novel anti-allergy therapeutics.
Biomarkers will be sampled by nasal filter paper (NFP) adsorption and lavage (NLF) prior to and following NAC. Samples from initial subjects (Cohort A; n\~6) will be used primarily for validation of biomarker assays in nasal filter paper eluates. Validated biomarker assays will be applied to analyze biomarker changes in a further cohort of subjects (Cohort B; n\~12) with the aim of fully defining the optimum panel and sampling time points for future studies.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
24
Nasal allergen challenge (NAC) with mixed grass pollen: a bolus NAC with mixed grass pollen will be conducted
Fraunhofer ITEM im CRC
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Interleukin-4
Interlukin- 4 \[pg/ml\] using ELISA assays
Time frame: Change from baseline at time points: 1 minutes (min), 4 min, 7 min, 10 min, 15 min, 30 min, 60 min, 120 min, 240 min, 360 min, 480 min
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