abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To provide an update of recent research on the role of magnesium in the management of asthma. RECENT FINDINGS:Further evidence has been published that long-term oral magnesium supplementation does not lead to improved control in adult asthma. In contrast, updated meta-analyses of randomized controlle...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Beasley R,Aldington S

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Sublingual immunotherapy is currently accepted as a viable therapeutic option, and is widely used in many European countries. In the past 2 years, new data concerning clinical, immunological and practical aspects of sublingual immunotherapy have been published, and many critical points have been addre...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Passalacqua G,Canonica GW

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The goal of this article is to evaluate developments in the knowledge of suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) protein ocular allergy and the potential of SOCS proteins as targets for therapeutic strategies. RECENT FINDINGS:The family of proteins designated SOCS proteins plays an important role in ...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Kubo M,Ozaki A,Tanaka S,Okamoto M,Fukushima A

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Mastocytosis is a rare disease characterized by increased mast cells in skin and/or internal organs. We evaluate the impact of mastocytosis on diagnosis and treatment of Hymenoptera venom allergy. RECENT FINDINGS:Patients with Hymenoptera venom allergy who suffer from mastocytosis develop life-threat...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Ruëff F,Placzek M,Przybilla B

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Complementary medicines, including acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, are being used increasingly for the management of allergies such as allergic rhinitis. Until relatively recently, however, evidence for the efficacy and safety of these therapies in allergic conditions has been lacking. RECEN...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Xue CC,Li CG,Hügel HM,Story DF

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this paper is to review and discuss recent studies on component-resolved diagnostics in food allergy, involving panels of pure allergen molecules or arrays of peptides derived from allergen sequences, and to summarize the reporting of new food allergens during the past 2 years. RECENT ...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Lidholm J,Ballmer-Weber BK,Mari A,Vieths S

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this review is to summarize the recent evidence on the effect of cleaning jobs on asthma, based on case reports and series of occupational asthma among cleaners, and epidemiological studies on the relationship between different characteristics of cleaning and asthma risk, as well as to ...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Jaakkola JJ,Jaakkola MS

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To remind readers that evaporative water loss from the airway surface is the stimulus for exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. To emphasize that recruitment of the peripheral airways determines severity of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction. To draw attention to the potential for injury of the epit...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Anderson SD

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To provide an update on the syndrome X-linked hypogammaglobulinemia with isolated growth hormone deficiency, focusing on the pedigree described originally. RECENT FINDINGS:An additional case of X-linked hypogammaglobulinemia with isolated growth hormone deficiency and an unaffected male have been bor...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Stewart DM,Tian L,Notarangelo LD,Nelson DL

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:An inverse relationship between resistance to certain parasitic diseases and measures of atopy and asthma has long been observed. A possible explanation is that genetic determinants which confer protection against detrimental worm burdens are the same determinants involved in atopic asthma. The focus ...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Barnes KC,Grant AV,Gao P

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this review is to evaluate the effect of histamine on various receptors in the conjunctiva. A Medline search from 1980 was performed on the histamine receptor subtypes H1, H2 and H3 in the human conjunctiva. RECENT FINDINGS:In the conjunctiva, histamine has been shown to induce various...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Bielory L,Ghafoor S

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Anaphylactic cardiovascular collapse can be resistant to treatment with epinephrine (adrenaline) and, in some cases, diagnostic uncertainty compromises follow-up care. The purpose of this review is to examine recent studies relevant to the management and diagnosis of this condition. RECENT FINDINGS:N...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Brown SG

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Asthma is the most common, potentially serious medical problem to complicate pregnancy. Women with asthma have been shown to be at increased risk of complications during pregnancy. Managing asthma during pregnancy is unique because the effect of both the illness and the treatment on the developing fet...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Namazy JA,Schatz M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Food allergy has emerged as a significant health problem. Peanut allergy is a major cause of food-induced fatal and near fatal anaphylactic reactions, and the incidence in children is increasing. Attempts to manage peanut allergy by strict avoidance are often unsuccessful. The purpose of this review i...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Li XM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:In this article we consider the characteristics that are associated with chemical respiratory allergens, and that may be essential for effective sensitization of the respiratory tract. RECENT FINDINGS:Chemical respiratory allergens share some characteristics with other chemical allergens, specificall...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Kimber I,Dearman RJ

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The goal of this article is to review recent primary research and developments in the area of probiotics and pediatric atopic disease. RECENT FINDINGS:Research developments in probiotics summarized in this article include the following: (1) the role of probiotics in primary prevention of atopic disea...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Ogden NS,Bielory L

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Biological hypersensitivity to environmental stimuli is a fundamental feature of atopy predisposing to a number of clinically expressed disorders including allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis or eczema, and allergic asthma. There is provocative evidence that psychological stress constitutes an increa...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Wright RJ,Cohen RT,Cohen S

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome is a recently identified human disorder of lymphocyte apoptosis that has provided important information about Fas-mediated lymphocyte apoptosis. In this review we summarize current information regarding the diagnosis, management and underlying molecular basi...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Oliveira JB,Fleisher T

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review summarizes current knowledge regarding the control of human mast cell and basophil signaling and recent developments using a new therapeutic platform consisting of a human bifunctional gamma and epsilon heavy chain (Fc gamma-Fc epsilon) protein to inhibit allergic reactivity. RECENT FINDI...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Saxon A,Zhu D,Zhang K,Allen LC,Kepley CL

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The increase in asthma prevalence over the past 50 years suggests that exposures to environmental risk factors have also increased during this time. Environmental tobacco smoke is one of the most common indoor air pollutants and has been associated in epidemiologic studies with airway and allergic phe...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Kurz T,Ober C

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Dental professionals and their physicians frequently do not recognize, accurately diagnose or appropriately manage occupational allergies. Dental allergen identification, diagnostics and practical avoidance strategies are summarized in this review. RECENT FINDINGS:Methacrylates, natural rubber latex ...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Hamann CP,Rodgers PA,Sullivan KM

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To analyse the available data in the field of immediate allergic reactions to beta-lactams, with particular emphasis on more recent studies, and to comment on the future role of this group of antibiotics. RECENT FINDINGS:The world of beta-lactams has become more complex than initially thought, due to...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Blanca M,Torres MJ,Mayorga C,Perez-Inestrosa E,Suau R,Montañez MI,Juarez C

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Anaphylaxis due to ant sting is increasingly being recognized as a significant problem. Severe allergic reactions to ants are well described in the south-eastern United States, but have only been recognized in recent years as being important in other parts of the world. There are many different ant sp...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Shek LP,Ngiam NS,Lee BW

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this review is to describe the impact of asthma treatment non-adherence on patients and the healthcare system, and to outline areas of responsibility towards improved adherence. RECENT FINDINGS:The average cost of healthcare expenses for each person in the United States in 2002 was 544...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Bender BG,Rand C

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is a group of immunologically mediated diseases caused by an abnormal response to a wide variety of inhaled antigens. Its pathogenesis is complex and involves many immunological concepts. This review discusses recent advances in our understanding of the pathogenesis of hyp...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Girard M,Israël-Assayag E,Cormier Y

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The phenomenon of intrinsic or nonatopic asthma continues to raise questions about the possible role of IgE-mediated mechanisms in asthma pathogenesis. With the current availability of anti-IgE therapy for asthma, clarification of this issue has never been more timely and relevant. RECENT FINDINGS:Th...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Corrigan C

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Gene therapy for severe combined immunodeficiency due to adenosine deaminase deficiency has moved from the early trials of safety and feasibility to recent studies demonstrating efficacy and clinical benefit. This review describes the latest advances in gene therapy trials for this condition using per...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Aiuti A,Ficara F,Cattaneo F,Bordignon C,Roncarolo MG

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review the role of metropolitan endotoxin exposure in asthma and allergy, emphasizing recently published articles (i.e. April 2002-June 2003). RECENT FINDINGS:In infants and toddlers in metropolitan communities, higher endotoxin levels in house dust are associated with less atopy and increased whe...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Song BJ,Liu AH

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Mast cells and eosinophils are the main effector cells in allergic inflammation, but there is now compelling evidence that fibroblasts are also important players in the inflammatory response. In fact, they respond to different stimuli and release several mediators that modulate mast-cell and eosinophi...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Solomon A,Puxeddu I,Levi-Schaffer F

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To present and discuss the rationale for using high-dose intravenous human immunoglobulins in the treatment of severe drug eruptions and the clinical results of recently published series. RECENT FINDINGS:In toxic epidermal necrolysis, intravenous human immunoglobulins were expected to inhibit the apo...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Bachot N,Roujeau JC

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review the results from recent studies that assessed the burden of allergic diseases on the patients' every-day life, or contributed to new advances in monitoring quality-of-life in allergic disorders. This review will not report the numerous clinical trials that included quality-of-life as an outc...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Leynaert B,Soussan D

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Exhaled nitric oxide has been proposed as a useful noninvasive marker of airway inflammation in asthma. Great efforts have been made to standardize the methodology for exhaled nitric oxide measurement in both children and adults. As a consequence there is now an opportunity to establish the precise re...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Payne DN

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The increasing prevalence of allergic rhinitis, its impact on individual quality of life and social costs, as well as its role as a risk factor for asthma, underline the need for improved treatment options for this disorder. We reviewed the recent literature published in English, dealing with relevant...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Schultz A,Stuck BA,Feuring M,Hörmann K,Wehling M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked syndrome is a fatal syndrome of overwhelming autoimmunity. Recent identification of FOXP3 as the causative gene and realization that this same gene defect occurs in the mutant mouse Scurfy has yielded new insights and hopes of unraveling ...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Torgerson TR,Ochs HD

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To summarize the data of both preclinical studies and initial clinical trials of a novel allergoid for allergen specific immunotherapy. This allergoid consists of allergen covalently coupled to immunostimulatory oligodeoxynucleotide DNA sequences. RECENT FINDINGS:Recently, immunostimulatory oligodeox...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Spiegelberg HL,Horner AA,Takabayashi K,Raz E

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Atopic dermatitis is typified by itchy, inflamed skin. It is increasingly common in the developed world and is a major cause of morbidity in infants and young children. Most children with the disease have high levels of immunoglobulin E and many have concomitant asthma. The cause of the disease is unk...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Cookson WO,Moffatt MF

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Allergic conjunctivitis is common and may be the most prominent or the only feature of allergies. Immunotherapy has been used as a primary treatment for allergies since the early 1900s. Currently the use of immunotherapy for allergic rhinoconjunctivitis is well established and has been shown to decrea...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Bielory L,Mongia A

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The objective of this review is to highlight recent advances in the preparation, documentation and performance of reagents and methods used in the diagnosis of Hymenoptera-venom-induced immediate-type hypersensitivity. RECENT FINDINGS:The following potent allergens have been reported: (1) a low-molec...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Hamilton RG

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of recent cohort and cross-sectional studies have contributed substantial knowledge to factors that influence the early development of asthma. Here, we summarize the recent evidence for the role of early life events such as prenatal factors, infections, diet and allergen exposure, and discuss the implications...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Peat JK,Mellis CM

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fruits are increasingly recognized as a cause of food allergy. The wide cross-reactivity among these foods has been extensively studied. In this review we will focus on studies addressing the clinical relevance of cross-reactivity among fruits, the diagnostic management of patients complaining of reactions to multiple...

journal_title：Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology

authors： Rodriguez J,Crespo JF

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00