Chih-Kang Huang's research while affiliated with Taipei Veterans General Hospital and other places

Publications (2)

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Background: In children, fruit and vegetable allergies are often overlooked compared with well-known allergies such as those to eggs, milk, and shellfish. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze fruit and vegetable allergies in children, including prevalence, types of food allergens, clinical presentation, management, and associated comorbid atopic...
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Mounting evidence demonstrates that a high-salt diet (HSD) not only affects hemodynamic changes but also disrupts immune homeostasis. The T helper 17 (Th17) and regulatory T cells (Tregs) are susceptible to hypersalinity. However, research on the influence of sodium on Th2-mediated food allergies remains scarce. We aimed to investigate the effect o...

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... These effects were dependent on NFAT5 and SGK1. 65 Consistently, an HSD augmented Th2 responses in food allergy mice, 136 while the high-salt formulation of Al(OH) 3 enhanced the ovalbumin (OVA)induced Th2 response in mice. 109 In addition, high NaCl can significantly increase the polarization of human Tfh cells. ...