Water-soluble chitosan inhibits nerve growth factor and attenuates allergic inflammation in mite allergen-induced allergic rhinitis

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2017 Oct;140(4):1146-1149.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.03.022. Epub 2017 Apr 12.

¹ Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Center for Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
² Center for Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
³ Center for Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Nursing, National Tainan Junior College of Nursing, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁴ Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁵ Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Center for Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. Electronic address: a122@mail.ncku.edu.tw.

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