In silico analysis of autoimmune diseases and genetic relationships to vaccination against infectious diseases

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Peter B McGarvey^12*, Baris E Suzek¹²⁶, James N Baraniuk³, Shruti Rao¹, Brian Conkright¹, Samir Lababidi⁴, Andrea Sutherland⁴⁵, Richard Forshee⁴ and Subha Madhavan¹

• *Corresponding author: Peter B McGarvey pbm9@georgetown.edu
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BMC Immunology 2014, 15:61  doi:10.1186/s12865-014-0061-0

Near universal administration of vaccines mandates intense pharmacovigilance for vaccine safety and a stringently low tolerance for adverse events. Reports of autoimmune diseases (AID) following vaccination have been challenging to evaluate given the high rates of vaccination, background incidence of autoimmunity, and low incidence and variable times for onset of AID after vaccinations.

High-dose intravenous immunoglobulin therapy for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis

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Naomi Tsurikisawa, Hiroshi Saito, Chiyako Oshikata, Takahiro Tsuburai and Kazuo Akiyama

Clinical and Translational Allergy 2014, 4:38  doi:10.1186/2045-7022-4-38

Regulatory T (Treg) cells are implicated in the development and progression of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). We previously showed beneficial effects of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy combined with corticosteroid and immunosuppressant treatment on clinical symptoms, including mononeuritis multiplex and cardiac dysfunction, and Treg cell frequency, during EGPA.

Effects of Bifidobacterial Supplementation to Pregnant Women and Infants in the Prevention of Allergy Development in Infants and on Fecal Microbiota

Allergology International Vol. 63 (2014) No. 4 p. 575-585

Tadao Enomoto, Masanori Sowa, Keiji Nishimori, Shinichiro Shimazu, Akira Yoshida, Kazuko Yamada, Fukumi Furukawa,Takemasa Nakagawa, Naotake Yanagisawa, Noriyuki Iwabuchi, Toshitaka Odamaki, Fumiaki Abe, Jiro Nakayama, Jin-zhong Xiao

Background: Probiotic administration may be a useful method for preventing allergies in infants; however, there have been controversial results about the efficacy. We investigated the effects of bifidobacterial supplementation on the risk of developing allergic diseases in the Japanese population.

Novel in silico technology in combination with microarrays: a state-of-the-art technology for allergy diagnosis and management?

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Giovanni Melioli, Giovanni Passalacqua, and Giorgio W Canonica

Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS S.Martino-IST-University of Genoa, 

Largo Rosanna Benzi 10,16132, Genova,

 Italy

December 2014, Vol. 10, No. 12 , Pages 1559-1561 (doi:10.1586/1744666X.2014.978761)

Japanese Guideline for Food Allergy 2014

Allergology International 2014; 63: 399-419

Atsuo Urisu, Motohiro Ebisawa, Komei Ito, Yukoh Aihara, Setsuko Ito, Mitsufumi Mayumi, Yoichi Kohno, Naomi Kondo, on behalf of Committee for Japanese Pediatric Guideline for Food Allergy, Japanese Society of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology and Japanese Society of Allergology 

ABSTRACT

A food allergy is defined as "a phenomenon in which adverse reactions are caused through antigen-specific immunological mechanisms after exposure to given food."

Effects of TNF-α Polymorphisms on Asthma Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

H Huang,*1 W Nie,*1 J Qian,*2 Y Zang,*1 J Chen,*1 G Lai,*3 T Ye,*1 Q Xiu1

1Department of Respiratory Disease, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China 2Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China 3Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fuzhou Military General Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China *These authors contributed equally to this work..

J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2014; Vol. 24(6): 406-417

Examination of genetic variants involved in generation and biodisposition of kinins in patients with angioedema

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Published: 12 December 2014
Abstract (provisional)

Jonathan Levy^1*, Georges-Etienne Rivard², Eric Wagner³, Don Beezhold⁴, Noam Berlin⁵, Li Fan², Zhao Zhang² and Gordon L Sussman⁵

Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 2014, 10:60  doi:10.1186/s13223-014-0060-y

Background

Angioedema (AE) is idiopathic in the majority of cases. We studied patients with AE for genetic variants of proteins involved with bradykinin generation and biodisposition.

Anaphylaxis caused by tipepidine hibenzate, a central antitussive drug

Early View (Online Version of Record published before inclusion in an issue

Abstract

Tipepidine hibenzate, a central antitussive drug, is widely used in the management of cough and is generally safe and well tolerated. We present here a case of anaphylaxis caused by this drug.