METHODS FOR INHIBITING ALLERGIC INFLAMMATION AND OTHER RESPONSES INITIATED BY POLLENS, MOLDS, AND OTHER NON-ANIMAL DERIVED ALLERGENS

摘要

Disclosed are methods for treating or preventing allergic inflammation in a subject and methods for treating or preventing one or more symptoms of allergic inflammation in a subject. The methods include administering to the subject a compound which inhibits reactive oxygen species. Also disclosed are methods for reducing a non-animal-derived allergen’s ability to initiate an allergenic process and for reducing prooxidant activity of a non-animal-derived allergen. The methods include contacting the non-animal-derived allergen with an agent which inhibits reactive oxygen species. Methods for screening a compound for its usefulness as an agent for reducing a non-animal-derived allergen’s ability to initiate an allergenic process and/or for its usefulness as a therapeutic agent for treating or preventing allergic inflammation and /or the symptoms associated therewith are also disclosed.