Is interleukin-8 secretion in patients with allergic rhinitis after an allergen challenge : interleukin-8 the main chemotactic factor present in nasal lavages?
These data show that allergen challenge increased significantly the secretion of IL-8 for the patients with allergic rhinitis. However, neutralization of IL-8 in nasal lavages by a specific antibody revealed that the role of this chemokine in granulocyte infiltrate was limited, suggesting that IL-8 acts in connection with other chemotactic factors in this recruitment.
The antibacterial hydroxyapatite coating material which contained silver can be prepared on the Ti implant by using vacuum plasma spraying technology. The appropriate weight percent of the antimicrobial was 5%.