Epitope-specific T-cell responses and allergic phenotypes: implications for T-cell peptide therapy.

abstract：:Ulcerative colitis is a chronic condition that requires long-term treatment. The first-line therapy remains 5-aminosalicylic acid, which is available in several different formulations and dosing schedules. Several studies have demonstrated that adherence rates to prescribed 5-aminosalicylic acid products are below tho...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Bernick SJ,Kane S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methotrexate (MTX) is the key treatment in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Nevertheless, MTX is not always sufficiently efficacious and can lead to adverse effects, which compromises complete disease control. In such cases, combination therapies with biologicals are given, even at MTX start, before knowing the pa...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Ćalasan MB,Wulffraat NM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease (AIED) can be of a primary or secondary type. To date, a clear pathogenesis of the disease is still not available. Focusing on the secondary forms of AIED, the aim of this review is to (i) assess and describe the hearing involvement in patients affected by autoimmune diseases, ...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Corazzi V,Hatzopoulos S,Bianchini C,Skarżyńska MB,Pelucchi S,Skarżyński PH,Ciorba A

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) represents a prevalent chronic esophageal disorder. Since the condition was first described, its pathophysiology has been known to have an immune-allergic origin, but the high response rate to dietary therapies based on feeding patients exclusively with amino acid-based elemental formula...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Arias A,Lucendo AJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal models and clinical studies of asthma have generated important insights into the first effector phase leading to the development of allergic airway disease and bronchial hyper-reactivity. In contrast, mechanisms related to asthma chronicity or persistence are less well understood. The CD4(+) T-helper 2 lymphocy...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Aronica MA,Vogel N

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports recent evidence on epidemiological data concerning monoclonal antibody (mAb) infusion-related anaphylaxis, as well as recent data on the correlation between mAb immunogenicity and safety profiles. Pathogenic mechanisms of mAb-related adverse reactions including hypersensitivity, IgE- and non-IgE-m...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Maggi E,Vultaggio A,Matucci A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel diseases share common pathogenetic mechanisms that are not yet completely understood. It is clear, however, that the expression and production of cytokines in response to inflammation plays a key role in mediating the migration of activated leukocytes. The process of angiogenesis and the expression ...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Fiorino G,Correale C,Fries W,Repici A,Malesci A,Danese S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term refractory lupus nephritis is generally used to indicate cases that do not respond to traditional treatment. However, the clinical presentation of lupus nephritis is variable and the time to response depends on the typology of the underlying renal syndrome. The criteria and the time for response are different...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Moroni G,Ponticelli C

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idealized gene therapy of autoimmune diseases would mean getting the right drug to the right place at the right time to affect the right mechanism of action. In other words, a specific gene therapy strategy needs to have functional, spatial and temporal specificity. Functional specificity implies targeting the cellula...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Creusot RJ,Fathman CG,Müller-Ladner U,Tarner IH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Allergic conditions such as asthma and atopic dermatitis have a high prevalence but represent a heterogeneous group of diseases despite similar clinical presentation and underlying pathophysiology. A better understanding of the phenotypes and endotypes of these diseases has driven rapid development of biol...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Manka LA,Wechsler ME

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic modifications of gene expression comprise modifications of DNA by DNA methylation and modifications of the histone proteins by acetylation, methylation, SUMOylation or phosphorylation. DNA methylation in the promoter region of genes represses gene transcription. Histone modifications influence the structure...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Jüngel A,Distler JH,Gay S,Distler O

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease, which affects joints as well as extra-articular tissues. In the last decades, increasing targeted therapeutic options dramatically improved RA management by doubling the rate of patients achieving clinical remission. Currently, there is...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Cavalli G,Favalli EG

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Genetic testing of patients with clinically diagnosed or suspected primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) constitutes standard of care. Choice of testing modality and patient attributes can impact the likelihood of securing a diagnosis. AREAS COVERED:Published diagnostic rates for gene panel testing, exome seq...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Chinn IK,Orange JS

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune skin disease with strong genetic background and environmental triggers. Patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are at greater risk of developing other chronic and potentially severe comorbidities, such as psoriatic arthritis, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes mell...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Dalmády S,Kemény L,Antal M,Gyulai R

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex disease in which different mechanisms are involved. Studies suggest a key role for aberrant pathways of T-cell activation in the initiation and perpetuation of disease. Abatacept is a fusion protein composed of the Fc region of the immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) fused to th...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Pombo-Suarez M,Gomez-Reino JJ

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Patients with features of both asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ('asthma-COPD overlap') experience greater symptom burden and higher risk of adverse health outcomes than those with asthma or COPD alone. However, virtually no pharmacotherapy studies have been performed in this overlap...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Lau EMT,Roche NA,Reddel HK

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:More women with autoimmune and inflammatory conditions are being treated with monoclonal antibody biologics (mAbs) during their pregnancy, to maintain clinical remission. The use of anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha agents in pregnancy appears to be safe but less is known regarding other mAbs, such as anti-...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Pham-Huy A,Sadarangani M,Huang V,Ostensen M,Castillo E,Troster SM,Vaudry W,Nguyen GC,Top KA

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) comprises a large heterogeneous group of patients with primary antibody deficiency. Areas covered: The affected patients are characterized by increased susceptibility to infections and low levels of serum immunoglobulin. However, enteropathy, granulomatous organ infi...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Azizi G,Abolhassani H,Asgardoon MH,Alinia T,Yazdani R,Mohammadi J,Rezaei N,Ochs HD,Aghamohammadi A

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) is controversial. However, two randomized controlled trials (RCTs) reported that treatment with steroids alternated with an alkylating agent achieved significantly more remissions and better renal survival at 10 years in comparison with untreated controls. Short-ter...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Ponticelli C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite the emergence of newer immunomodulating agents for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a substantial proportion of patients still do not respond optimally. While the mechanisms for the differential responses to drug therapy are unclear, variation in drug exposure with the same dosing protocol relat...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Mok CC

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beclomethasone dipropionate is a corticosteroid with topical activity for inflammatory disorders at mucosal surfaces. Oral beclomethasone dipropionate (orBec) has demonstrated activity in gastrointestinal acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) associated with hematopoietic cell transplantation. Since the GI tract is ...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Hockenbery DM

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Probiotics have had many applications in the past few years, and inflammatory conditions of the GI tract--including chronic disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)--have received the most attention by investigators. In fact, the experimental basis to expect clinical efficacy of probiotics in IBD is quite ro...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Guandalini S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-immediate drug reactions (NIR) are induced by specific immunological mechanisms and involve the recognition of hapten molecules by the immune system, with the participation of dendritic cells and other antigen-presenting cells. This process is followed by an effector response that can induce several clinical entit...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Perkins JR,Ariza A,Blanca M,Fernández TD

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a rare, chronic inflammatory disease that mainly affects the aorta and its primary branches. Initially described in young women from the Far East, it has become evident that TA is found worldwide, in both genders, and in a broader age range of patients than previously appreciated. Although t...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Maksimowicz-McKinnon K

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) remains a significant complication that greatly enhances morbidity and mortality associated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Key immunoregulatory molecules have been implicated in the pathogenesis of GVHD, but the mechanisms by which these molecules affect the incidence an...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Conway SE,Abdi R

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), both allogeneic and autologous, has become one of the hottest topics in clinical immunology. One of the main autoimmune diseases in which HSCT has been extensively tried during the last decade is multiple sclerosis (MS). A few original papers and many anecdotal reports h...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Karussis D,Vaknin-Dembinsky A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: The present status of amifampridine (AFP) for the treatment of Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) is reviewed. Areas covered: All relevant literature identified through a PubMed search under treatment of LEMS, aminopyridine, and amifampridine are reviewed. An expert opinion on AFP was formulated. E...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Oh SJ

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus have a significantly increased risk of cardiovascular events due to atherosclerosis. Traditional cardiac risk factors cannot fully explain this increased risk. Recent evidence strongly suggests that atherosclerotic plaque is largely driven by inflammation and an active immuno...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： McMahon M,Hahn BH,Skaggs BJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is caused by T-cell-mediated destruction of the insulin-producing beta-cells in the pancreas. Genetic and immunological evidence from humans and mouse models indicates that CD4(+) T cells play a crucial role in the development and prevention of T1D. The dichotomy between CD4(+) T regulatory and e...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Mannering SI,Brodnicki TC

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The survival of SLE patients has improved significantly over the past few decades placing them at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), malignancies, and osteoporosis, among other comorbidities. The aim of this review was to assess the incidence and prevalence of comorbidities in these patients a...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： González LA,Alarcón GS

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00