Sentences with phrase «other allergens enter»

In addition, reduced barrier function can let bacteria and other allergens enter the airways, increasing the risk of inflammation and infection.

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Once a grain of pollen, or other allergen, enters an allergic person's nose, mouth, or eyes that person's immune system overreacts to the harmless particles.
When allergens enter the body, antigen presenting cells (immune cells that capture incoming substances and present them to other immune cells, initiating a cascade of immune responses) at body surfaces, capture and present them to immune cells, particularly T cells (in a similar manner as if the allergen was a foreign invading microbe).
The skin barrier — or stratum corneum — is what stands between us and the outside world, preventing environmental chemicals and biological irritants from entering skin, including free radicals, bacteria, other microbes, allergens, toxic chemicals, ultraviolet light, injury and other external assaults.
If the intestines are inflamed from some other disease process, for example IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) in cats, the normal barrier lining the intestines is compromised and more allergens can enter the bloodstream.
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