Monica Tang

Sep 30, 2024 | sciencedirect.com | Yuya Yoshida |Hirohito Kita |Monica Tang |John Fahy

Section snippetsAnimalsBALB/c mice were maintained and bred in a clean barrier facility and were handled under approved Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee protocols at the University of Michigan animal facility. IL-4– and histamine-induced anaphylaxisMice were injected intravenously 24 hours before the experiments with IL-4 complex (recombinant, IL-4–neutralizing, anti–IL-4 mAb complex, 1:5 weight) (anti–IL-4 mAb was obtained from Fred D.

May 9, 2024 | nature.com | Jamie L. Everman |Satria Sajuthi |Michael Montgomery |Jennifer R. Elhawary |Donglei Hu |Luigi Feriani | +10 more

AbstractBy incompletely understood mechanisms, type 2 (T2) inflammation present in the airways of severe asthmatics drives the formation of pathologic mucus which leads to airway mucus plugging. Here we investigate the molecular role and clinical significance of intelectin-1 (ITLN-1) in the development of pathologic airway mucus in asthma.

Oct 25, 2023 | seelemag.com | Monica Tang

2021 was a year of groaning for God’s creation around the worldIn June, most of western United States and Canada experienced heatwaves and intensive wildfires. Where I live, 700 people and a billion sea creatures died during June’s heatwave. In July, intensive floods swept over parts of Belgium, Netherlands, and Germany, resulting in 140 deaths and is considered the worst flood disaster in decades. Droughts continued in parts of Africa.

Oct 25, 2023 | seelemag.com | Monica Tang

These past two weeks, world leaders have been meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt for the COP-27 global climate negotiations. This year's theme is "Together for Implementation". This theme matters because countries committed in last year's climate negotiations to keeping global temperature rise to only 1.5 degrees celsius. Keeping global warming to only 1.5 degrees is crucial for the health of the planet and for people.

Oct 25, 2023 | seelemag.com | Monica Tang

April is a month where we mark two important days to celebrate and appreciate God’s creation - Earth Day (April 22) and Good Seed Sunday (fourth Sunday of April). Both days are opportunities for us as Jesus followers to remember God’s love for creation and our connection to creation. These two days also follow our celebration of Easter. When Jesus entered Jerusalem, people welcomed him warmly with shouts of joy and spreading palm leaves before him.