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| Indoor Air-Related Effects and Airborne (1---3)-beta-d-Glucan Ragnar Rylander Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden Abstract
In studies on the relation between indoor mold exposure and symptoms/disease, the exposure should be described in terms of biomass and not viability. This paper reviews field studies in which (1 3) -ß-d-glucan was measured as a marker of biomass and was related to the extent of symptoms and measures of inflammation among exposed subjects. Increased levels of (13) -ß-d-glucan were related to an increased extent of symptoms and markers of inflammation. The data suggest that (13) -ß-d-glucan can be used as a risk marker in indoor environments. Key words: airways inflammation, (13) -ß-d-glucan, indoor air, molds. -- Environ Health Perspect 107(suppl 3) :501-503 (1999) . http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1999/suppl-3/501-503rylander/abstract.html
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