Immune monitoring for precision medicine in allergy and asthma.

Immune monitoring for precision medicine in allergy and asthma.
Curr Opin Immunol. 2017 Sep 06;48:82-91
Authors: Boyd SD, Hoh RA, Nadeau KC, Galli SJ
Abstract
'Precision Medicine' embodies the analyses of extensive data collected from patients and their environments to identify and apply patient-specific prophylactic strategies and medical treatments to improve clinical outcomes and healthcare cost-effectiveness. Many new methods have been developed for evaluating the activity of the human immune system. Such 'immune monitoring' approaches are now being used in studies of allergy and asthma in the hope of identifying better correlates of disease status, predictors of therapeutic outcomes, and potential side-effects of treatment. Together with analyses of family histories, genetic and other biometric data, and measurements of exposures to environmental and other risk factors for developing or exacerbating disease, immune monitoring approaches promise to enable 'Precision Medicine' for allergic diseases and asthma.
PMID: 28889067 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Current Opinion in Immunology - September 6, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Boyd SD, Hoh RA, Nadeau KC, Galli SJ Tags: Curr Opin Immunol Source Type: research