A paper reviewing all research on mites, their biology and role in allergy is published; plus scientific evidence of cell damage caused by mite droppings is made known to doctors
A paper reviewing all current evidence on domestic mites and their role in allergy is published. The paper is significant in understanding the biology and ecology of allergenic mites. It also gives clear indications on how to control their numbers indoors. In the same year, a team of UK doctors first describe evidence of cell damage caused by mite enzymes. Damage which increases immune reactions in allergy.
References ‘The Biology of Allergenic Domestic Mites, An Update’, Barbara J. Hart,1995 Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology Vol.13, pages 115 to 133. Humana Press Inc,
‘A Major House Dust Mite Allergen Disrupts the Immunoglobulin E Network by Selectively Cleaving CD23, Innate Protection by Antiproteases’, Hewitt CRA, Brown AP, Hart BJ, Pritchard DI, J.Exp.Med; 1995, 182, pages 1537 to 1544
