“…EGR-1 and DUSP-1 can also be up-regulated by a variety of other stimuli representing both internal and external cell stress factors that may include pathogens/microorganisms, temperature, hypoxia, oxidative stress, or inflammatory mediators (Parra et al, 2011;Hammer et al, 2006). Deregulated expression of EGR-1 and DUSP-1 has also been linked to allergy-associated processes, such as cell adhesion (Liu et al, 1999), cell/tissue repair (Guerquin et al, 2013), wound healing (Braddock, 2001), control of protease inhibitors expression (Bae et al, 2002), immune modulation (Caceres et al, 2013), and cell recruitment (Rodriguez et al, 2010). Consequently, it does not come as a surprise that these transcription factors may also play a role in an allergic setting.…”