SYTTY
FUNGAL ALLERGENS AND ANTIGENS - THEIR CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS IN MICE AFTER INHALATION EXPOSURE
Project leader: Anna-Liisa Pasanen, University of Kuopio, Department of Environmental Sciences, P.O.Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland, tel. +358-17-163 580, e-mail: Annal.Pasanen@uku.fi
PUBLICATIONS
(Updated May 13, 2002)
Articles in international scientific journals
Raunio, P., Kärkkäinen, M., Virtanen, T., Rautiainen, J., Pasanen, A.-L.: Preliminary description of antigenic components characteristic of Stachybotrys chartarum. Environmental Research Section A 85: 246-255, 2001.
Korpi, A., Kasanen, J.-P., Raunio, P., Kosma, V.-M., Virtanen, T., Pasanen, A.-L.: Effects of aerosols from non-toxic Stachybotrys chartarum on murine airways. Accepted to Inhalation Toxicology.
Articles in international scientific compilation works and international scientific conference proceedings
Raunio, P., Pasanen, A.-L., Virtanen, T.: Antigenic compositions and cross-reactivity between four indoor fungi. Proceedings of Indoor Air’99. Edinburgh, Scotland 8-13.8.1999, Vol. 4, p. 869-874, Construction Research Communications Ltd., London, UK, 1999.
Kärkkäinen, M., Rautiainen, J., Virtanen, T., Pasanen A.-L.: Characterization of glycoprotein components in Stachybotrys chartarum extract. Presented at the 56th annual meeting of American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 3.-8.3.2000, San Diego, CA, USA. J Allergy Clin. Immunol. 105: S338, 2000.
Raunio, P., Pasanen, A.-L., Virtanen, T., Rautiainen, J.: Crossreactivity between Stachybotrys chartarum and six fungal species. Presented at the 56th American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 3.-8.3.2000, San Diego, CA, USA. J Allergy Clin. Immunol. 105: S337, 2000.
Korpi, A., Saarelainen, S., Pasanen, A.-L.: Immunological responses to Stachybotrys chartarum antigen in mice. Presented at XIXth Congress of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, 1.-5.7.2000, Lisbon, Portugal. Allergy 55 (Suppl 63): 133, 2000.
Korpi, A., Kasanen, J.-P., Kosma, V.-M., Virtanen, T., Pasanen, A.-L.: Murine respiratory and immunological responses to the inhaled aerosols of Stachybotrys chartarum extract. Presented at the Inhaled Particles Symposium. 2-6.9.2001, Cambridge, UK, to be presented in the supplement of Annals of occupational Hygiene in 2002.
Kärkkäinen, M., Raunio, P., Pasanen, A.-L., Rautiainen, J.: Identification and purification of Stachybotrys chartarum antigenic components. Proceedings of the Second Finnish-Danish Workshop on Moulds in Buildings, 15-16.5.2001, Kuopio. Publications of Finnish Research Programme on Environmental Health 1/2001, p. 20-21.
Raunio, P., Kärkkäinen, M., Johanning, E., Rautiainen, J, Pasanen, A.-L.: The human IgE reactivity to components of the Stachybotrys fungus. To be presented in Indoor Air'2002 conference, 30.6-5.7.2002 (abstract has been accepted).
Scientific monographs
Korpi, A. Fungal volatile metabolites and biological responses to fungal exposure. Academic dissertation. Kuopio University Publications C. Natural and Environmental Sciences 129, Kuopio 2001. 77 p.
Raunio, P. Homesieniuutteen valmistusmenetelmän kehittäminen
ja Stachybotrys chartarumille tunnusomaisen komponentin tunnistaminen (Development
of the preparation procedure for fungal antigen extracts and characterisation
of a component specific to Stachybotrys chartarum). Thesis of Ph. Lic.,
University of Kuopio, Department of Environmental Sciences, 2002 (in the
review process).