Acute infusion reactions induced by monoclonal antibody therapy.

abstract：:Immunology, similar to other areas of clinical science, is a data-rich discipline that involves a great deal of interaction between healthcare professionals and their patients. The focus of this editorial is to review the challenges and opportunities for mobile healthcare applications within immunology. It is clear th...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Gallagher J,O'Donoghue J,Car J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiphospholipid syndrome is an autoimmune disease characterized by venous and/or arterial thrombosis and/or recurrent fetal loss and the presence of antiphospholid antibodies. Among the causes of death of antiphospholipid syndrome there are the myocardial infarction and stroke. Comorbidities could worsen the evolutio...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Muniz Caldas CA,Freire de Carvalho J

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of antibiotics to treat pathogenic bacterial infections has been one of the greatest contributions to human health, yet antibiotic use also perturbs the communities of commensal and symbiotic bacteria that reside in the intestine of mammals. The microbiota are critical for normal immune development and for mai...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Reynolds LA,Finlay BB

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Adalimumab, an inhibitor of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα), is the only systemic non-corticosteroid agent which has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of non-infectious uveitis. Areas covered: The aim of this review is to summarize the research which demonstrat...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： LaMattina KC,Goldstein DA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past years have seen the publication of several studies on seronegative spondylarthritides (SpA) and cardiovascular risk as a result of new insights into the connection between inflammation and atherogenesis. Although the overall cardiovascular disease is a complex entity, chronic inflammation of SpA is known to c...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Ingegnoli F,Gualtierotti R,Artusi C,Lubrano E

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：:Giant cell arteritis is a complex immune-mediated disease that involves large blood vessels in individuals older than 50 years. Recent studies have confirmed a strong association of this form of vasculitis with the HLA region, particularly with HLA class II genes. However, other non-HLA loci, such as protein tyrosine ...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Carmona FD,Martín J,González-Gay MA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agammaglobulinemias are primary (inherited) immunodeficiencies characterized by the lack of functional B-cells and antibodies, and are caused by mutations in genes encoding components of the pre-B-cell or B-cell receptor, or their signaling pathways. The known genetic defects do not account for all agammaglobulinemic ...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Berglöf A,Turunen JJ,Gissberg O,Bestas B,Blomberg KE,Smith CI

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:Autoimmune diseases are caused by pathogenic antibody and/or T-cell responses that are left unchecked by regulatory immune mechanisms. Recent studies in immunology have focused on subsets of regulatory T cells (T(regs)) that can suppress autoimmune responses. Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are a subset of T(r...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Van Kaer L

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:New generations of small molecules are being developed for the treatment of ulcerative colitis. Among them, tofatinib (a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor) has demonstrated efficacy for inducing and maintaining remission and achieving mucosal healing with a reasonable safety profile. Oral administration is attr...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Fernández-Clotet A,Castro-Poceiro J,Panés J

更新日期：2018-11-01 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: Inflammasomes are large multimeric intracellular complexes that are capable of maturation and secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines, IL-1β and IL-18, in response to danger signal molecules. As a member of the inflammasome family, the NLRP3 inflammasome has recently been under intense investigation reve...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Gouravani M,Khalili N,Razi S,Keshavarz-Fathi M,Khalili N,Rezaei N

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past few years, the therapeutic potential of Treg has been highlighted in the field of autoimmune diseases and after allogeneic transplantation. The first hurdle for the therapeutic use of Treg is their insufficient numbers in non-manipulated individuals, in particular when facing strong immune activation and...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Govender L,Pascual M,Golshayan D

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL Abs) are associated with thrombosis in patients with the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). There is strong evidence that aPL Abs are pathogenic in vivo from studies in animal models. Furthermore, there are now convincing data indicating that activation of complement is involved in those...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Pierangeli SS

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In primary immunodeficiency (PID), immunoglobulin replacement therapy (IgRT) for infection prevention is well-established and supported by a wealth of clinical data. On the contrary, very little evidence-based data is available on the challenges surrounding the use of IgRT in secondary immune deficiencies ...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Agostini C,Blau IW,Kimby E,Plesner T

更新日期：2016-09-01 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: Patients affected by Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEI) represent a potential group-at-risk in the current COVID-19 pandemic. Studies on large and small cohorts of IEI reported a huge variability clinical manifestations associated to SARS-Cov-2, ranging from asymptomatic, mild, moderate/severe to death. A g...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Quinti I,Mezzaroma I,Milito C

更新日期：2021-01-15 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：:Introduction: The majority of the patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA) associated vasculitis (AAV) achieve remission with effective induction therapy. Therefore, prevention of relapses and avoiding long-term damage and treatment-related toxicity are major challenges.Areas covered: This review ...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Berti A,Specks U

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pigs are currently the preferred species for future organ xenotransplantation. With advances in the development of genetically modified pigs, clinical xenotransplantation is becoming closer to reality. In preclinical studies (pig-to-nonhuman primate), the xenotransplantation of livers from pigs transgenic for human CD...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Ekser B,Burlak C,Waldman JP,Lutz AJ,Paris LL,Veroux M,Robson SC,Rees MA,Ayares D,Gridelli B,Tector AJ,Cooper DK

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although training and exercise have several benefits, overdoing it might not necessarily be a good thing. For instance, elite athletes have an increased risk for asthma and allergy. Several mechanisms can be implicated for this risk, which include the interplay between environmental training factors and athlete's pers...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Silva D,Moreira A

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:The 31st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Immunology provided an excellent platform for basic and clinical scientists to brainstorm on current reproductive health issues such as repeated implantation and pregnancy failure, preterm birth, preeclampsia and genital tract infections such as HIV. The...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Joukhadar J,Nevers T,Kalkunte S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is an IL-7-related cytokine expressed predominantly by barrier epithelial cells. TSLP is a potent activator of several cell types, including myeloid-derived dendritic cells, monocytes/macrophages and mast cells. Recent studies have revealed an important role for TSLP in the initiati...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Miazgowicz MM,Headley MB,Larson RP,Ziegler SF

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors are emerging treatments in dermatology. Also known as JAKinibs, these agents target JAK-signal transducers and activators of transcription (JAK-STAT) pathway for intracellular signaling. Among the various immune-mediated inflammatory skin diseases that the JAK-STAT pathway pla...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Crowley EL,Nezamololama N,Papp K,Gooderham MJ

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Psoriasis is a common, chronic, immune-mediated inflammatory disorder. The disease is associated with several co-morbidities including cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, and psychiatric disorders. It is important to identify and treat these co-morbidities because they have a strongly negative effe...

journal_title：Expert review of clinical immunology

authors： Lønnberg AS,Skov L

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：: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