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Allergology
International
JAPANESE SOCIETY OF ALLERGOLOGY

Editor-in-Chief
Takeshi Fukuda

Vol. 51

2002
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 CONTENTS

Volume 51: 1, March 2002

REVIEW ARTICLE
Clinical lung transplantation in Japan: Current status and future trends
Yuji Matsumura, Yoshinori Okada, Kazuyoshi Shimada, Tetsu Sado and Takashi Kondo 1
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Influence of local antigen exposure dose in the upper respiratory tract on
sensitization with cedar pollen
Kazuo Sakurai, Kensei Naito, George Ishii, Tamotsu Ogawa, Kenji Takeuchi, Sho Miyata
and Ren Baba 9
Inhalant corticosteroids inhibit mechanical strain-induced RANTES and eotaxin
production by human airway smooth muscle cells
Shu Hashimoto, Shuichiro Maruoka, Yasuhiro Gon, Ken Matsumoto and
Takashi Horie 13
Attenuation of allergic airway inflammation and associated pulmonary functions by
mycobacterial antigens is independent of IgE in a mouse model of asthma
Michael T Hopfenspirger, Sharidan K Parr, Robert G Townley and Devendra K Agrawal 21
Serum levels of soluble CD30 and total IgE in alcoholics
Arturo González-Quintela, Maria-Jesus Domínguez-Santalla, Luis-Fernando Pérez, Santiago Lojo
and Carmen Vidal 33
Inverse association between daily activity and sleep activity and related factors in
elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma
Kozui Kida, Tomoko Oozeki and Hideki Katsura 39
Exhaled nitric oxide as a marker of atopic asthma
Kaj Korhonen, Minna Purokivi, Anne Kotaniemi-Syrjänen, Tiina M Reijonen, Mikko Vahteristo
and Matti Korppi 47
CASE REPORT
Lack of effect of bone marrow transplantation on airway hyperresponsiveness in
an asthmatic
Kunihiko Iizuka, Tohru Sakura, Akihiro Yoshii, Shuichi Miyawaki, Tetsunari Oyama,
Kunio Dobashi, Tsugio Nakazawa and Masatomo Mori 51
Contents Japanese Journal of Allergology Volume 50, Issues 8 and 11 61

Volume 51: 2, June 2002

REVIEW ARTICLES
Immunomodulation in the treatment and/or prevention of bronchial asthma
Robert G Townley, Russell J Hopp, Devendra K Agrawal, Thomas B Casale and
Michael T Hopfenspirger 63
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Early treatment in asthma: How early is early?

Tari Haahtela 75
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Effect of short-course steroid treatment for airway inflammation in patients with asthma
Yasuo To, Takeshi Koshino, Masako To, Koichiro Kudo, Yasuyuki Sano and Koji Ito 85
Study of 456 cases of death from asthma (1993–1997) from an investigation by the
Tokyo Medical Examiner’s Office
Taeru Kitabayashi, Yoji Iikura and Shogo Tokutome 93
Peak expiratory flow in normal healthy Japanese adults: Comparisons with values
reported in other races
Kazuharu Tsukioka, Sohei Makino, Terumasa Miyamoto, Naohito Tanabe and Kohei Akazawa 101
Anti-endothelial cell IgE antibodies in children with bronchial asthma
Waka Harada, Shin-ichi Toyabe and Makoto Uchiyama 113
Anaphylaxis caused by the ingestion of cultivated mushroom (Agaricus bisporus):
Identification of allergen as mannitol
Venkatesh L Hegde, Jharna R Das and Yeldur P Venkatesh 121
Methacholine, cold air and exercise challenge tests in the diagnosis of bronchial
responsiveness at school age: A follow-up study from birth to school age
Kari Nikolajev, Matti Korppi, Heikki Koskela, Kyllikki Remes, Veikko Jokela, Esko Länsimies and
Kirsti Heinonen 131
Risk factors for asthma and allergic diseases among 13–14-year-old schoolchildren
in Japan
Takako Sugiyama, Kumiya Sugiyama, Masao Toda, Tastuo Yukawa, Sohei Makino
and Takeshi Fukuda 139
Contents Japanese Journal of Allergology Volume 50, Issue 12, Volume 51, Issue 2 151

Volume 51: 3, September 2002

REVIEW ARTICLES
Current and potential improvements in the treatment of asthma from increased
understanding of airway pathophysiology
Kian Fan Chung 153
T cell signaling: Protein kinase C θ , the immunological synapse and characterization
of SLAT, a novel T helper 2-specific adapter protein
Yoshihiko Tanaka and Amnon Altman 167
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Recombinant soluble form of the high-affinity IgE receptor α subunit and anti-IgE
antibody inhibit IgE synthesis by IgE-expressing B cells through distinct pathways
Keiichi Kajiwara, Chisei Ra and Yukiyoshi Yanagihara 175
Perioperative corticosteroids for intermittent and mild persistent asthma
Hiroto Matsuse, Terufumi Shimoda, Ikuko Machida, Yuki Kondo, Tetsuya Kawano,
Sachiko Saeki, Shinya Tomari, Kazuko Mitsuta, Chizu Fukushima, Yasushi Obase
and Shigeru Kohno 185
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Immunologic determination of the major allergen, Cry j 1, in Cryptomeria japonica

pollen of 117 clones in Toyama prefecture: Some implications for further forestry
research in pollinosis prevention
Maki Saito and Hidetoyo Teranishi 191
Role of protein kinase A in the inhibition of human mast cell histamine release by
β-adrenergic receptor agonists
Toshinobu Kato, Masahiro Kimata, Toshikazu Tsuji, Michitaka Shichijo, Masayuki Murata,
Toru Miura, Isao Serizawa, Naoki Inagaki and Hiroichi Nagai 197
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Study of food allergy among university students in Japan
Keiichiro Yoneyama and Akemi Ono 205
Contents Japanese Journal of Allergology Volume 51, Number 4 209
Notices 211

Volume 51: 4, December 2002

REVIEW ARTICLE
Genetic and environmental factors of atopy
Akiko Otsu and Taro Shirakawa 213
Allergen immunotherapy: Current and new therapeutic strategies
Jennifer M Rolland and Robyn E O’Hehir 221
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Evaluation of two grass pollen extracts for immunotherapy by serum determinations
of specific IgE and IgG4 antibodies towards purified Timothy grass pollen allergens
(Phl p 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12) in patients undergoing hyposensitization treatment
Renato Enzo Rossi, Giorgio Monasterolo, Antonio Diana, Serena Monasterolo
and Maurizio Delucchi 233
Questionnaire-based characterization of bronchial asthma in the elderly: Analysis in
Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Eiichi Suzuki, Takashi Hasegawa, Toshiyuki Koya, Ichiro Mashima, Yoshiyuki Muramatsu,
Ariyoshi Kondo, Masaaki Arakawa and Fumitake Gejyo 241
Contents Japanese Journal of Allergology Volume 51, Number 4 249
Acknowledgments 251
Author index 253
Subject index 255