Specific Hyposensitization in Graminea Pollinosis

Russian thistle pollinosis: form allergen characterization to specific immunotherapy treatment.

Chenopodiacea/Amaranthacea pollen is an important cause of respiratory allergy around the world. The problem could be aggravated because in desert or desert-like countries, these weeds are used in greening programmes or as ornamental plants. As climate tendencies should maintain in future decades, relevance of Chenopodiacea/Amaranthacea pollen allergy will go up. Relationship between airborne p...

Pollinosis in Iran.

Topical Hyposensitization of Allergic Contact Sensitivity in the Guinea Pig.

When an adequate amount of an antigenie chemical such as dinitroehlorobenzene (DNCB) is applied to the skin of a guinea pig, an allergic contact sensitivity to that compound may result; this sensitivity is analogous to contact sensitivity in man. After the appearance of sensitization, however, further application of the same chemical to the skin may eventually produce a specific depression of s...

Paradoxical Increase of IgE Binding Components during Allergen-Specific Immunotherapy in Pollinosis Patients

Allergen-specific immunotherapy (SIT) reduces allergen specific IgE (sIgE) levels and achieves clinical and immunological tolerance by modulating innate and adaptive immunological responses. Increased temperature and CO2 concentrations caused by climate changes contribute to an increase of pollen count and allergenicity that influences clinical SIT outcomes. In this study, we investigated the c...

Seasonal omalizumab reduces allergen-specific immunoglobulin E levels in patients with Japanese cedar pollinosis and asthma.

In Japan, Japanese cedar pollinosis (JCP) is one of the most prevalent forms of seasonal allergic rhinitis (AR). The JC pollen scattering period starts at the beginning of February and finishes at the end of April. JCP and asthma present concurrently; a previous survey showed that the prevalence of JCP in patients with asthma might be up to 30%--50%. Moreover, JCP is often associated with exace...