Pharmacoeconomics of sublingual immunotherapy with the 5-grass pollen tablets for seasonal allergic rhinitis
Allergic rhinitis has a very high burden regarding both direct and indirect costs. This makes essential in the management of AR to reduce the clinical severity of the disease and thus to lessen its costs. This... (Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy)
Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy - March 7, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Carlo Lombardi, Valerie Melli, Cristoforo Incorvaia and Erminia Ridolo Source Type: research
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a complex lung disease
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), also called extrinsic allergic alveolitis, is a respiratory syndrome involving the lung parenchyma and specifically the alveoli, terminal bronchioli, and alveolar interstitiu... (Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy)
Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy - March 7, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Gian Galeazzo Riario Sforza and Androula Marinou Source Type: research
Sensitization to secretoglobin and lipocalins in a group of young children with risk of developing respiratory allergy
This study evaluates the emergence and evolution of IgE to aeroallergens among a cohort of children with physicia... (Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy)
Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy - March 3, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Mizuho Nagao, Magnus P. Borres, Mayumi Sugimoto, Carl Johan Petersson, Satoshi Nakayama, Yu Kuwabara, Sawako Masuda, Patrik Dykiel and Takao Fujisawa Source Type: research
Avoiding misdiagnosis in patients with dyspnea and wheezing: a case report illustrating the clinical implications of fixation error
Bronchial asthma is a heterogeneous respiratory condition which can be mimicked by a wide range of pathologies including upper airways stenosis. The accurate diagnosis of asthma, as with other conditions, may ... (Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy)
Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy - February 8, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Fabiano Di Marco, Giuseppe Francesco Sferrazza Papa, Dejan Radovanovic and Pierachille Santus Source Type: research
Allergic diseases in the elderly: biological characteristics and main immunological and non-immunological mechanisms
Life expectancy and the number of elderly people are progressively increasing around the world. Together with other pathologies, allergic diseases also show an increasing incidence in geriatric age. This is pa... (Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy)
Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy - February 3, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Maria Teresa Ventura, Nicola Scichilone, Roberto Paganelli, Paola Lucia Minciullo, Vincenzo Patella, Matteo Bonini, Giovanni Passalacqua, Carlo Lombardi, Livio Simioni, Erminia Ridolo, Stefano R. Del Giacco, Sebastiano Gangemi and Giorgio Walter Canonica Source Type: research
Different clinical allergological features of Taenia solium infestation
The tapeworm Taenia (T.) solium can be responsible for two different conditions: taeniasis and cysticercosis. Helminth infections in human host cause an immune response associated with elevated levels of IgE, tis... (Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy)
Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy - December 7, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Paola Lucia Minciullo, Antonio Cascio, Stefania Isola and Sebastiano Gangemi Source Type: research
Eosinophilic disorders of the gastro-intestinal tract: an update
Eosinophilic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, including eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE), are rare chronic pathologies of the digestive system, with an immuno-mediat... (Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy)
Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy - December 1, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Erminia Ridolo, Valerie Melli, Gianluigi De ’ Angelis and Irene Martignago Source Type: research
HIV-1 Nef promotes migration and chemokine synthesis of human basophils and mast cells through the interaction with CXCR4
The Nef protein can be detected in plasma of HIV-1-infected patients and plays a role in the pathogenesis of HIV-1. Nef produced during the early stages of infection is fundamental in creating the ideal enviro... (Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy)
Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy - November 1, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Francesca Wanda Rossi, Nella Prevete, Felice Rivellese, Antonio Lobasso, Filomena Napolitano, Francescopaolo Granata, Carmine Selleri and Amato de Paulis Source Type: research
Dose-dependence of protection from systemic reactions to venom immunotherapy by omalizumab
Systemic reactions (SR) to venom immunotherapy (VIT) are rare but may occur, with a rate significantly higher for honeybee than for vespid VIT. In patients with repeated SRs to VIT it is difficult to reach the... (Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy)
Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy - October 24, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Elisa Boni, Cristoforo Incorvaia and Marina Mauro Source Type: research
Mastocytosis and systemic sclerosis: a clinical association
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a complex autoimmune disease characterized by vascular alterations and autoimmune activation leading to widespread organ fibrosis. At the early stage of disease when organ involveme... (Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy)
Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy - October 11, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Gianluca Bagnato, William Neal Roberts, Davide Sciortino, Donatella Sangari, Santa Cirmi, Roneka L. Ravenell, Michele Navarra, Gianfilippo Bagnato and Sebastiano Gangemi Source Type: research
Burden of allergic respiratory disease: a systematic review
This meta-analysis compared the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) and/or allergic asthma (AA) caused by perennial house dust mite (HDM) versus AR and/or AA caused by... (Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy)
Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy - September 28, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: A. Linneberg, K. Dam Petersen, J. Hahn-Pedersen, E. Hammerby, N. Serup-Hansen and N. Boxall Source Type: research
How pregnancy can affect autoimmune diseases progression?
Autoimmune disorders are characterized by tissue damage, caused by self-reactivity of different effectors mechanisms of the immune system, namely antibodies and T cells. Their occurrence may be associated with... (Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy)
Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy - September 15, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Marie-Pierre Piccinni, Letizia Lombardelli, Federica Logiodice, Ornela Kullolli, Paola Parronchi and Sergio Romagnani Source Type: research
Unmet diagnostic needs in contact oral mucosal allergies
The oral mucosa including the lips is constantly exposed to several noxious stimuli, irritants and allergens. However, oral contact pathologies are not frequently seen because of the relative resistance of the... (Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy)
Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy - September 1, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Paola Lucia Minciullo, Giovanni Paolino, Maddalena Vacca, Sebastiano Gangemi and Eustachio Nettis Source Type: research
Drug induced exfoliative dermatitis: state of the art
Drug induced exfoliative dermatitis (ED) are a group of rare and severe drug hypersensitivity reactions (DHR) involving skin and usually occurring from days to several weeks after drug exposure. Erythema multi... (Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy)
Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy - August 22, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Mona-Rita Yacoub, Alvise Berti, Corrado Campochiaro, Enrico Tombetti, Giuseppe Alvise Ramirez, Andrea Nico, Elisabetta Di Leo, Paola Fantini, Maria Grazia Sabbadini, Eustachio Nettis and Giselda Colombo Source Type: research
Pilot study: assessing the clinical diagnosis of allergy in atopic children using a microarray assay in addition to skin prick testing and serum specific IgE
Children with atopic dermatitis (AD) are at risk of developing allergy. Alongside clinical history, testing modalities include skin prick tests (SPT), specific immunoglobulin-E (sp-IgE) and recently, microarra... (Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy)
Source: Clinical and Molecular Allergy - August 19, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Ru-Xin Foong, Graham Roberts, Adam Tobias Fox and George du Toit Source Type: research
