Do We Need Worms to Promote Immune Health?

abstract：:Biological rhythms are fundamental for homeostasis and have recently been involved in the regulatory processes of various organs and systems. Circadian cycle proteins and hormones have a direct effect on the inflammatory response and have shown pro- or anti-inflammatory effects in animal models of autoimmune diseases....

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Torres-Ruiz J,Sulli A,Cutolo M,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is a disease of the vascular wall, which predominantly affects large and medium-sized arteries. It represents a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the Western world. In the last few decades, it has been clearly shown that immune system plays a relevant role in atherogenesis. The effectors of b...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Bassi N,Zampieri S,Ghirardello A,Tonon M,Zen M,Cozzi F,Doria A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bulk of literature demonstrated that respiratory allergy, and especially asthma, is prevalent in males during childhood, while it becomes more frequent in females from adolescence, i.e., after menarche, to adulthood. The mechanisms underlying the difference between females and males are the effects on the immune res...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Ridolo E,Incorvaia C,Martignago I,Caminati M,Canonica GW,Senna G

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) is a characteristic feature of asthma, and individuals with this disease respond to a range of physiological and chemical insults that are otherwise innocuous to healthy subjects, suggesting that the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are characteristic of the asthma phenotype. B...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Page CP,Spina D

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC) syndrome is an immune complex-mediated vasculitis characterized by the clinical triad of purpura, weakness, and arthralgias, the morbidity of which is mainly related to kidney and peripheral nervous system dysfunction as well as to the development of a secondary lymphoma (Ferri et al. Autoi...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Lidar M,Lipschitz N,Agmon-Levin N,Langevitz P,Barzilai O,Ram M,Porat-Katz BS,Bizzaro N,Damoiseaux J,Tervaert JW,deVita S,Bombardieri S,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary function testing is useful for the diagnosis and management of a variety of pulmonary conditions, and the most commonly obtained component is spirometry. Spirometry is most useful in the evaluation of obstructive airway disorders but can be a helpful tool in the management of patients with chest restriction ...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Liou TG,Kanner RE

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legumes belonging to Fabaceae family of the order Fabales are a rich and important source of proteins and many essential elements. Due to its nutritious elements, these are preferably included in human diet in most part of the world. But, unfortunately, IgE binding proteins have been identified in majority of legumes,...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Verma AK,Kumar S,Das M,Dwivedi PD

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease, and several antigens have been shown to activate the immune response and affect the development of atherogenesis. This suggests that modulation of the immune system could represent a useful approach to prevent and/or treat this disorder. A vaccination approach might be a use...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： de Carvalho JF,Pereira RM,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The provider's ability to judge the severity of a patient's illness is a vital part of the care of chronic disorders. In the treatment of asthma, it should extend beyond the objectively quantifiable measures of obstruction or inflammation. "Interference with activities of daily living" is a highly subjective assessmen...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Sherman R,Milgrom H

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) has been used as an immunomodulatory therapy for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). In the current review, we summarize the up-to-date data related to IVIg clinical trials in MS, and the suggested mechanisms of action by which IVIg modulates the relevant immunological pathways ...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Achiron A,Miron S

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of celiac disease (CD) remains a clinical challenge based on the incomplete specificity and sensitivity rates of current non-invasive tests. Furthermore, histological assessments fail to identify all overt cases and, in particular, do not manifest pathognomonic alterations in silent cases. Accordingly, t...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Matthias T,Pfeiffer S,Selmi C,Eric Gershwin M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is the progressive phenotype of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease associated with the metabolic syndrome. The existence of autoimmune features in NASH has been reported, but its significance remains unclear. We herein report the autoantibody profile of 54 patients with histological...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Tsuneyama K,Baba H,Kikuchi K,Nishida T,Nomoto K,Hayashi S,Miwa S,Nakajima T,Nakanishi Y,Masuda S,Terada M,Imura J,Selmi C

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is a chronic, relapsing, systemic necrotizing vasculitis with typical pathologic findings of granulomatous inflammation and pauci-immune vasculitis. Untreated, the condition has a very high mortality, and contemporary treatment strategies carry a high risk of treatment-related morbidity. ...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Hinze CH,Colbert RA

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Celiac disease is a complex immune-mediated gluten-sensitive enteropathy with protean clinical manifestations. It is manifest in genetically predisposed individuals who ingest gluten in varying amounts. In broad terms, it is thought to affect 1% of the population in the USA. More specifically, the prevalence increases...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： McAllister BP,Williams E,Clarke K

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antityrosinase antibody is a newly detected antibody in the sera of patients with melanoma or vitiligo. The serum level of the antibody is measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The autoantigen is tyrosinase itself, the enzyme that participates in pigment (melanin) formation by both melanocytes and mel...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Merimsky O,Shoenfeld Y,Fishman P

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the important factors and consequences in persistent asthma is the change in the vasculature of the airways and lung parenchyma. These changes could contribute to worsening asthma control and predispose asthmatics to critical asthma syndromes. For many years, the contribution of vasculature to severe asthma was...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Avdalovic M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with immunodeficiencies or some types of autoimmune diseases are dependent on safe therapy with intravenous immunoglobulins. State-of-the-art manufacturing processes provide a high safety standard by incorporating virus elimination procedures into the manufacturing process. Based on their mechanism, these pro...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Boschetti N,Stucki M,Späth PJ,Kempf C

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In inflammatory rheumatic disorders, the immune system attacks and damages the connective tissues and invariably internal organs. During the past decade, remarkable advances having been made towards our understanding on the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in rheumatic diseases. The discovery of IL-23/IL-17 ...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Li H,Tsokos GC

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last decade, B regulatory cells are appreciated to have a central role in preventing autoimmunity and maintaining self-tolerance. They are characterized by expressing different phenotypic markers and the production of either IL-10 or TGF-β or both. The recent recognition of Fas ligand expressing B regulator...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Vadasz Z,Toubi E

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:What makes an antigen an allergen? This question has been at the core of much research regarding the basic mechanisms of allergy as well as the development of diagnostic and therapeutic allergen products. Great strides have been made since Kjell Aas asked this question in his classic review in Allergy (1), but we appe...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Esch RE

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most investigators currently advocate prophylactic-dose heparin plus low-dose aspirin as the preferred treatment of otherwise healthy women with obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome, whilst women with a history of vascular thrombosis alone or associated with pregnancy morbidity are usually treated with therapeutic hepa...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Ruffatti A,Hoxha A,Favaro M,Tonello M,Colpo A,Cucchini U,Banzato A,Pengo V

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contact dermatitis accounts for 95% of occupational skin disorders. Irritant contact dermatitis (ICD) is often caused by cumulative exposure to weak irritants, accounting for 80% of all cases of contact dermatitis. ICD can co-exist with atopic dermatitis (AD) and allergic contact dermatitis (ACD). Patients with AD and...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Bains SN,Nash P,Fonacier L

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the vast database of peer-reviewed articles, the number of 2018 papers published retrieved using the "autoimmunity" keyword remained unchanged compared with the brilliant results of 2017 while returning above a 5% share within the immunology field, after the brisk decrease of this ratio in 2017. As in the past 12 y...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Selmi C

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review includes a variety of extremely rare and unusual hymenoptera sting (HS) circumstances with regard to sting localization, geographic region, massivity of multiple stings, and particularly related to clinical symptoms. Such reactions occur in a temporal relationship to HS (s), differ from typical allergic sy...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Mingomataj EÇ,Bakiri AH,Ibranji A,Sturm GJ

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hyper IgM syndromes are a group of rare inherited immune deficiency disorders characterized by impairment of immunoglobulin isotype switching resulting from defects in the CD40 ligand/CD40 signaling pathway. X-linked forms of hyper IgM are caused by defects in the CD40 ligand gene or NF-κB essential modulator, whi...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Qamar N,Fuleihan RL

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitors to factor VIII (FVIII) are alloantibodies directed against epitopes able to neutralise FVIII procoagulant activity. They may render FVIII replacement therapy ineffective. They represent the most severe complication of haemophilia A. At least three mechanisms of FVIII neutralisation activity by anti-FVIII an...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Tellier Z,André MH,Polack B

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As summarized in Table 1, the literature consistently supports the hypothesis that allergic asthmatic patients have seasonal BHR changes that parallel allergen exposure. These seasonal changes appear to be preventable by treatment with corticosteroids (systemic, inhaled, or nasal), disodium cromoglycate, and immunothe...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Tilles SA,Bardana EJ Jr

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-agonists have clearly demonstrated benefits for the treatment of both acute and chronic asthma. Therefore, it is perhaps surprising that many of the articles in this issue have focused on concerns about their safety. Much of this concern can be traced back to the "beta-agonist controversy"--the association of hig...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Hancox RJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a rare inflammatory liver disease for which ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) is the only therapy approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Patients with a biochemical response to UDCA therapy have a similar survival rate compared to the general population. However, up to 40% of P...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Floreani A,Franceschet I,Perini L,Cazzagon N,Gershwin ME,Bowlus CL

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heart is a target organ in antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Endocardial disease, intracardiac thrombosis, myocardial involvement including coronary heart disease and microvascular thrombosis, as well as pulmonary hypertension have all been described in APS patients. Valvular involvement is the most common manifest...

journal_title：Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology

authors： Amigo MC

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00