Area of research
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine · Oncology
Research interest
Research topics from publications: High expression ofCD98 alters epithelial barrier functions to promote induction of airway allergy. Representative work: BACKGROUND: Epithelial barrier dysfunction is critical in the induction of allergy; the aetiology is to be further understood. A recent report indicates that CD98 plays a role in the intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the role of overexpression of CD98 in the induction of nasal allergy. METHODS: The nasal epithelium samples were collected from 30 patients with allergic rhinitis and 30 healthy subjects. The contents of CD98 and Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) in the nasal epithelium samples were evaluated by using Western blotting. The effect of SEB of inducing the expression of CD98 was evaluated with an airway epithelial cell line, the