History of the World Allergy Organization: In 1951, the leaders in allergy from all over the world came together to form the International Association of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (IAACI). For the next 60 years, the allergy world converged at the IAACI triennial meetings, which became biennial in 2003. The international meetings, originally named the International Congress of Allergol...

& Immunology (AAAAI)/Food Allergy Initiative, the Gerber Foundation, the Dorothy and Frank Robins Family, the National Peanut Board, the Howard Gittis Memorial 3rd Year/4th Year Fellowship/Instructor Award (to J.A.B.), and the Wallace Research Foundation (grant no. WRF2010.01). Additional support for the project was provided by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR, grant no. UL1RR02...

Food allergies represent an increasingly prevalent human health problem, and therapeutic options remain limited, with avoidance being mainstay, despite its adverse effects on quality of life. A better understanding of the key immunological mechanisms involved in such responses likely will be vital for development of new therapies. This review outlines the current understanding of how the immune...

1 Pneumococcal Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 2 Allergy and Immune Disorders, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 3 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, 4 Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Australia, 5 Allergy and Immunology, Royal Chil...

Food allergies are increasing in prevalence at a higher rate than can be explained by genetic factors, suggesting a role for as yet unidentified environmental factors. In this review, we summarize the state of knowledge about the healthy immune response to antigens in the diet and the basis of immune deviation that results in immunoglobulin E (IgE) sensitization and allergic reactivity to foods...

The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) and the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) have jointly accepted responsibility for establishing the ‘‘Allergen immunotherapy: a practice parameter second update.’’ This is a complete and comprehensive document at the current time. The medical environment is a changing environment, and not all recommendations...

Mehmet Halil Celiksoy1, Stephan Borte2, Aydan İkincioğulları3, Meltem Ceyhan Bilgici4, Filiz Karagöz5, Ayhan Gazi Kalaycı6, Alişan Yıldıran3 1Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Samsun, Turkey 2Leipzig University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Immunolgy, Leipzig, Germany 3Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of ...