Title: Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia): Systems biology of the allergenic pollen upon elevated NO2 concentrations
Abstract: Ragweed plants were exposed to 80 ppb NO2 over a whole vegetation period. Elevated NO2 caused significant decrease on the seed production, whereas the pollen production was increased. Comparative transcriptome, proteome and immunoblot analysis of ragweed pollen revealed that the allergen transcripts were up-regulated at the transcriptional and protein level meanwhile the pollen allerginicity as tested by immunoreaction, was also increased. This NO2 influence on ragweed pollen may induce negative effects on atopic patients.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Access and Citation
AI Researcher Chatbot
Get quick answers to your questions about the article from our AI researcher chatbot