Edited by Celso Pereira , ISBN 978-953-51-2044-5, 244 pages, Publisher: InTech, Chapters published April 22, 2015 under CC BY 3.0 license
DOI: 10.5772/58513
Allergic diseases are one of the most prevalent diseases in the present with an undeniable correlation with development conditions and with the surrounding environment. Thus, it becomes imperative that the gradual understanding of the pathophysiology and treatment strategies may be convenient for wide dissemination in the scientific community. The chapters included in the book Allergic diseases New Insights addressed a variety of important topics related to distinct aspects related to allergy. The contribution of outstanding expert authors from many countries provided update reviews on basic, clinical and treatment aspects and put in evidence further research regarding the knowledge of immune system responses and key points of allergic inflammatory reactions.
- Chapter 1
Genetic Aspects of Respiratory Allergyby Celso Pereira, Frederico S. Regateiro, Graça Loureiro, Beatriz Tavares and António Martinho
- Chapter 2 Airborne Allergensby Olga Ukhanova and Evgenia Bogomolova
- Chapter 3 A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase (ADAM) 10 and 17 in Th2 Mediated Responsesby Lauren Folgosa Cooley, Rebecca K. Martin and Daniel H. Conrad
- Chapter 4 Free-Living Amoeba Acanthamoeba Triggers Allergic Inflammation of Airwaysby Hak Sun Yu
- Chapter 5 Risk Factors for Allergy in Secondary School Girlsby Ramla Hamed Ahmed Alobaidi, Amina Hamed Ahmed Alobaidi and Abdulghani M. Alsamarai
- Chapter 6 Probiotics and Allergic Diseases — Usefulness of Animal Models — From Strains Selection to Mechanistic Studiesby Elodie Neau, Marie-José Butel and Anne-Judith Waligora-Dupriet
- Chapter 7 Therapeutic and Immunologic Effects of Zingiber officiale in Allergic Rhinitisby Abdulghani Mohamed Alsamarai, Mohamed Abdulsatar Hamid and Amina Hamed Ahmed Alobaidi
- Chapter 8 Rehabilitation of Allergic Diseases in Children — Climatothalassotherapy as a Power Tool in Achieving Optimal Disease Controlby Silvije Šegulja, Milica Zvonarek-Valković, Daniel Buljević and Renata Volkmer-Starešina
- Chapter 9 Specific Immunotherapy in Food Allergy — Towards a Change in the Management Paradigmby José Manuel Lucas, Ana Moreno-Salvador and Luis García-Marcos
- Chapter 10 Eosinophilic Esophagitisby Rebecca Scherr and Mary Beth Hogan
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