Hassan Mohammed

ENT SpR

North East Deanery, Newcastle, UK.

Latest Contribution

Interleukins, cilia and polyps

1 October 2018 | | Rhinology / Sinus | ERK1/2, IL-13, IL-13Rα2, MUC5AC, nasal mucosal inflammation

Interleukins (ILs) including IL13 (Th2 cytokine) are inflammatory mediators and their role in asthma has been detailed before. This study explores IL13 receptor expression in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). The authors investigate protein and mRNA expression levels of...

Is non-allergic rhinitis as bad as allergic?

1 September 2018 | | allergic rhinitis, mini-RQLQ, nonallergic rhinitis, quality of life, treatment satisfaction

Non-allergic rhinitis (NAR) occurs when rhinitis symptoms are not associated with allergic, infective or anatomical reason. It is responsible for almost half of all cases of rhinitis and affects around 300 million worldwide. Assessing NAR patients’ quality of life (QoL)...

Puberty and rhinitis

1 July 2018 | | allergic multimorbidity, asthma, birth cohort, puberty, rhinitis

While asthma and rhinitis are more common in boys compared to girls in childhood, whether this trend persists after puberty or not is not yet clear. Authors inspected the European Commission funded MeDALL (Mechanisms of the Development of ALLergy) to...