Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Effect of environmental peanut exposure in children with filaggrin loss-of-function mutations

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In the October 2014 issue of Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Brough et al show that early environmental peanut exposure from hou...
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Thursday, October 2, 2014

Standardizing the assessment of clinical signs of atopic eczema

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Atopic eczema (AE, syn. atopic dermatitis) is a major medical condition that causes substantial burden to patients, their families, and s...
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Complexities of atopic dermatitis

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Atopic dermatitis (AD) is the most common chronic inflammatory skin disease and often precedes the development of food allergy and asthma. ...
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Thursday, September 4, 2014

Allergens and the airway epithelium response: Gateway to allergic sensitization

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Allergic sensitization to inhaled antigens is increasingly common; however, the mechanisms remain poorly understood. Lung epithelial ce...
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Epithelial barrier function: at the frontline of asthma immunology and allergic airway inflammation

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Airway epithelial cells are an important part of the innate immune system in the lung. Not only do they establish mucociliary clearance...
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Risks for infection in patients with asthma (or other atopic conditions): is asthma more than a chronic airway disease?

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There is evidence that the presence of asthma can influence patients’ susceptibility to infections, yet research in this aspect of asthm...
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Gene hunting in the genomic era: approaches to diagnostic dilemmas in primary immunodeficiencies

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Over the past four decades, over 180 molecular defects causing primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) have been discovered through advances i...
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