Allergy & Immunology

Enolases represent a unique family of allergens as they are not only found in all three major kingdoms (animals, plants, and fungi), but…

This abstract outlines the case of a 57-year-old Georgian woman referred to an allergist by a gastroenterologist due to a 10-day history…

The following selected highlights explore several groundbreaking abstracts presented at the European Academy of Allergy & Clinical…

Even though certain cultivation conditions might lead to strong expression of one allergen, the same conditions might not be optimal for the expression of another allergen.

The following highlights spotlight selected abstracts presented at the 2023 European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Congress.

The human microbiome incorporates bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses, and bacteriophages (phages). Phages play a remarkable role concurrently as microbiome-regulating mediators and immune factors. This discovery enhances the proposition of a correlation between the reduction of their presence and the exacerbation of symptoms in patients with allergies or asthma.

Early studies have reported delayed injection-site reactions in up to 0.8% of individuals receiving Moderna messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine. These are believed to be benign and do not contraindicate subsequent doses.

Lipid transfer proteins (LTPs) are allergens widespread in plant foods. They represent the main cause of food allergy in adults living in the Mediterranean Basin.1,2 The manifestation and severity of LTP hypersensitivity are extremely variable.

Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare and potentially life-threatening genetic condition, whereby patients present with recurrent episodes of swelling. This affects the subcutaneous and submucosal tissues of the skin as well as mucous membranes such as the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts.

Over the past 2 decades, new opportunities have emerged in the treatment of severe bronchial asthma due to the development…

Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood, with a prevalence of 4.4–30.6% among school-age children in European birth cohorts…

It is known that acute viral infections cause exacerbation of IgE-dependent allergic diseases. In this regard, the treatment…

Eucapnic voluntary hyperventilation (EVH) test is feasible among children aged 10–16 years in diagnosing asthma and dysfunctional breathing

Reasearch to identify a characteristic of the B1 and B2 subpopulations of lymphocytes in patients with CVID. Read to find out more

Asthma exacerbations (AE) are defined as acute or subacute worsening of symptoms from the patient’s usual status and are responsible for most of the morbidity in patients with asthma.

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a multifactorial, chronic, relapsing inflammatory skin disease. Characteristics are an impaired skin barrier and an altered skin immune system, which often come along with predominant colonisation by Staphylococcus aureus.