Volume 32 Number 2 June 2014
EDITORIAL
Two tales of the polarizing immune responses: Th1-mediated host-microbe interaction in
tuberculosis vs. Th2-driven childhood asthma
Tanapat Palaga
REVIEW ARTICLE
The indoor environment and inner-city childhood asthma
Watcharoot Kanchongkittiphon, Jonathan M. Gaffin and Wanda Phipatanakul
Pharmacogenomics of drug-induced hypersensitivity reactions: challenges, opportunities and
clinical implementation
Chonlaphat Sukasem, Apichaya Puangpetch, Sadeep Medhasi and Wichittra Tassaneeyakul
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Heterogeneity of phenotypic characteristics of the modern and ancestral Beijing strains of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Kiatichai Faksri, Angkana Chaiprasert, Clarie Pardieu, Nicola Casali, Tanapat Palaga, Therdsak
Prammananan, Prasit Palittapongarnpim, Naraporn Prayoonwiwat and Francis Drobniewski
p53 and nitric oxide are involved in cytokine-induced apoptosis in Kasumi-1 and Molt-4
Leukemics cells
Aishath Maharath, Suthat Fucharoen and Dalina I. Tanyong
Sanpao herbs inhibit development of atopic dermatitis in Balb/c mice
Song-lin Zhou, Guang-hong Tan, Feng-yin Huang, Hua Wang, Ying-ying Lin, and Shuang-lin Chen
Satisfaction level and asthma control among Malaysian asthma patients on Symbicort
Maintenance and Reliever Therapy (SMART) in the primary care setting (SMARTEST study)
Chong-Kin Liam, Yong-Kek Pang and Keong-Tiong Chua
The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with difficult-to-treat asthma
Selma Firat Guven, Adile Berna Dursun, Bulent Ciftci, Ferda Oner Erkekol and Ozlem Kar Kurt
Role of budesonide/formoterol maintenance and reliever therapy: a pragmatic study
Watchara Boonsawat and Bandit Thinkhamrop
Evaluation of animated cartoon-aided teaching of intranasal corticosteroid administration
technique among Thai children with allergic rhinitis
Somying Indradat, Orathai Jirapongsananuruk and Nualanong Visitsunthorn
Cow’s milk protein allergy: immunological response in children with cow’s milk protein
tolerance
Sirasuda Sommanus, Saowanee Kerddonfak, Wasu Kamchaisatian, Soamarat Vilaiyuk, Cherapat
Sasisakulporn, Wanlapa Teawsomboonkit, Suwat Benjaponpitak
Comparison of colostrum TGF-β2 levels between lactating women in Japan and Nepal
Yoko Aihara, Kyoko Oh-oka, Naoki Kondo, Jyoti Sharma, Kayoko Ishimaru, Mutsuko Hara, Zentaro
Yamagata and Atsuhito Nakao
Patch testing and Histopathology in Thai patients with hyperpigmentation due to Erythema
dyschromicum perstans, Lichen planus pigmentosus, and Pigmented contact dermatitis
Tanongkiet Tienthavorn, Poohglin Tresukosol and Poonnawis Sudtikoonaseth