2015
Glutathione Reaction Products with a Chemical Allergen, Methylene-diphenyl Diisocyanate, Stimulate Alternative Macrophage Activation and Eosinophilic Airway Inflammation
Wisnewski AV, Liu J, Colangelo CM. Glutathione Reaction Products with a Chemical Allergen, Methylene-diphenyl Diisocyanate, Stimulate Alternative Macrophage Activation and Eosinophilic Airway Inflammation. Chemical Research In Toxicology 2015, 28: 729-737. PMID: 25635619, PMCID: PMC4667722, DOI: 10.1021/tx5005002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEosinophilic inflammatory responseAlternative macrophage activationInflammatory responseChemical allergensMacrophage activationAirway eosinophil numbersEosinophilic airway inflammationInnate immune responseGreater inflammatory responseAirway levelsMDI conjugationAirway inflammationOccupational asthmaIL-12MDI exposureAsthma pathogenesisEosinophil numbersNaïve miceAirway fluidRespiratory tractImmune responseMucus productionSkin exposureMDI conjugatesVivo evidence
2010
Antigenic changes in human albumin caused by reactivity with the occupational allergen diphenylmethane diisocyanate
Wisnewski AV, Liu J, Redlich CA. Antigenic changes in human albumin caused by reactivity with the occupational allergen diphenylmethane diisocyanate. Analytical Biochemistry 2010, 400: 251-258. PMID: 20123080, PMCID: PMC3106273, DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2010.01.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-performance liquid chromatographyDiphenylmethane diisocyanateConjugation sitesReaction productsCross-linking agentTandem mass spectrometryPolyurethane productionMass spectrometryMDI-exposed workersCause of asthmaHuman albuminSerum immunoglobulin GLiquid chromatographyReaction specificityDiisocyanateSecond lysineMDI conjugationAirway inflammationAnalytical methodSelf proteinsProteomic methodologiesEpitope specificityAntigenic changesClinical researchConjugates