Impact of Age and Region on Immune Responses to Allergy Immunotherapy

Allergy immunotherapy (AIT) can prevent allergic disease by modifying the adaptive immune system, similar to anti-pathogen vaccines, supporting the concept of AIT as an “allergy vaccination”. Some vaccines, e.g. influenza, pneumococcal pneumoniae, are administered globally with the same dose for all age groups. The aim of this study was to determine if sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) across regions and age groups induce similar immunologic changes in IgE and Ig G4 with the goal of using the same dose and formulation worldwide.
Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Source Type: research