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Food, Drug, Insect Allergy

Section edited by  Elide Pastorello

  1. Anaphylaxis occurs in up to 3.5% of hymenoptera stings and can be a life-threatening emergency. Venom immunotherapy (VIT) provides excellent protection from further episodes of anaphylaxis and is well tolerate...

    Authors: Antonia Glaeser, Christoph Müller and Sebastian Bode
    Citation: Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2022 20:4
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  2. Dipeptidyl peptidase-IV (DPP-IV) inhibitors, also known as gliptins, are a class of oral antidiabetic agents. Postmarketing reports have documented the occurrence of angioedema in patients treated with gliptin...

    Authors: Nicoletta Cassano, Eustachio Nettis, Elisabetta Di Leo, Francesca Ambrogio, Gino A. Vena and Caterina Foti
    Citation: Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2021 19:24
    Content type: Review Published on:

  3. Human plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC) have a dual role as interferon-producing and antigen-presenting cells. Their relevance for allergic diseases is controversial. and the impact of pDC on allergic immune ...

    Authors: Noelle Zurmühl, Anna Schmitt, Ulrike Formentini, Johannes Weiss, Heike Appel, Klaus-Michael Debatin and Dorit Fabricius
    Citation: Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2021 19:23
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  4. Egg allergy is one of the most frequent food allergies in childhood while adult onset of egg allergy is a rare condition.

    Authors: Elisa Maria Cremonte, Eugenia Galdi, Chiara Roncallo, Elisa Boni and Luigi Giovanni Cremonte
    Citation: Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2021 19:17
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  5. Specific IgE (sIgE) against the peanut component Arachis hypogaea (Ara h) 2 has been shown to be the most important allergen to discriminate between peanut allergy and peanut tolerance. Several studies determi...

    Authors: H. K. Brand, M. W. J. Schreurs, J. A. M. Emons, R. Gerth van Wijk, H. de Groot and N. J. T. Arends
    Citation: Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2021 19:14
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  6. Lime (Citrus aurantiifolia) is a plant belonging to the family of Rutaceae and to the genus Citrus. The fruit is widely used in the United States, Mexico, Southeast Asia, Latin America, but is increasingly widesp...

    Authors: Clara Alessandrello, Luca Gammeri, Serena Sanfilippo, Raffaele Cordiano, Silvia Brunetto, Marco Casciaro and Sebastiano Gangemi
    Citation: Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2021 19:12
    Content type: Review Published on:

  7. Histamine is a monoamine synthesized from the amino acid histidine that is well-known for its role in IgE-mediated anaphylaxis but has shown pleiotropic effects on the immune system, especially in order to pro...

    Authors: Matteo Borro, Simone Negrini, Andrew Long, Sharon Chinthrajah and Giuseppe Murdaca
    Citation: Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2021 19:4
    Content type: Letters to the Editor Published on:

  8. Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a prevalent low respiratory infection. Diagnosis is based on clinical symptoms, radiologic evidence and culture. Biomarkers such as IL6, CRP and procalcitonin are helpful ...

    Authors: Mahsa Nikzad, Hamid Reza Banafshe, Mansooreh Momen-Heravi, Hamed Haddad Kashani and Maryam Shiehmorteza
    Citation: Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2021 19:1
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  9. Egg allergy is the second most prevalent form of food allergy in childhood. In spite of the evidence accumulated, inoculating egg allergy children with attenuated vaccines grown on chick embryo cell cultures, ...

    Authors: Stefania Magistà, Marcello Albanesi, Nada Chaoul, Danilo Di Bona, Elisabetta Di Leo, Eustachio Nettis, Maria Filomena Caiaffa and Luigi Macchia
    Citation: Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2020 18:21
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  10. Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (SJS/TEN) is the most Serious Cutaneous Adverse Reaction (SCAR) often with a fatal outcome. Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) is caused by Severe Acute Respirat...

    Authors: Carlo Maria Rossi, Flavio Niccolò Beretta, Grazia Traverso, Sandro Mancarella and Davide Zenoni
    Citation: Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2020 18:19
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  11. Hypersensitivity reactions (HRs) to contrast media (CM) can be distinguished in immune-mediated (including allergic reactions) and non-immune-mediated reactions, even if clinical manifestations could be simila...

    Authors: Maria Teresa Costantino, Laura Romanini, Francesco Gaeta, Fulvio Stacul, Rocco Luigi Valluzzi, Matteo Passamonti, Patrizia Bonadonna, Giovanni Cerri, Stefano Pucci, Paolo Ricci, Eleonora Savi, Michele Galluzzo, Marina Mauro, Emanuele Grassedonio, Mona Rita Yacoub, Alfonso Reginelli…
    Citation: Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2020 18:13
    Content type: Review Published on:

  15. Mulberry is a plant belonging to the family Moraceae, and genus Morus. Allergic sensitization to mulberries has been reported as both food allergy or respiratory allergy, and cross-reactivity between mulberries a...

    Authors: F. Papia, C. Incorvaia, L. Genovese, S. Gangemi and P. L. Minciullo
    Citation: Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2020 18:1
    Content type: Review Published on:

  17. The use of drugs in the elderly is very extensive because of the frequent occurrence of chronic diseases. Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) commonly occur in geriatric patients receiving multiple therapeutic regim...

    Authors: Maria Teresa Ventura, Elisa Boni, Rosa Cecere, Rosalba Buquicchio, Gian Franco Calogiuri, Irene Martignago, Cristoforo Incorvaia and Erminia Ridolo
    Citation: Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2018 16:7
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  18. Drug induced exfoliative dermatitis (ED) are a group of rare and severe drug hypersensitivity reactions (DHR) involving skin and usually occurring from days to several weeks after drug exposure. Erythema multi...

    Authors: Mona-Rita Yacoub, Alvise Berti, Corrado Campochiaro, Enrico Tombetti, Giuseppe Alvise Ramirez, Andrea Nico, Elisabetta Di Leo, Paola Fantini, Maria Grazia Sabbadini, Eustachio Nettis and Giselda Colombo
    Citation: Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2016 14:9
    Content type: Review Published on:

  19. Food allergy has increased in developed countries and can have a dramatic effect on quality of life, so as to provoke fatal reactions. We aimed to outline the socioeconomic impact that food allergy exerts in t...

    Authors: Darío Antolín-Amérigo, Luis Manso, Marco Caminati, Belén de la Hoz Caballer, Inmaculada Cerecedo, Alfonso Muriel, Mercedes Rodríguez-Rodríguez, José Barbarroja-Escudero, María José Sánchez-González, Beatriz Huertas-Barbudo and Melchor Alvarez-Mon
    Citation: Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2016 14:4
    Content type: Review Published on:

  20. Cross-reactivity among Hymenoptera venoms is an important issue when prescribing venom immunotherapy (VIT). Using all venoms eliciting a positive response results in treatment excess and unjustified cost incre...

    Authors: Eleonora Savi, Silvia Peveri, Elena Makri, Valerio Pravettoni and Cristoforo Incorvaia
    Citation: Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2016 14:3
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  21. Venom immunotherapy (VIT) is an effective treatment for subjects with systemic allergic reactions (SR) to Hymenoptera stings, however there are few studies concerning the relevance of the venom specific IgE ch...

    Authors: Valerio Pravettoni, Marta Piantanida, Laura Primavesi, Stella Forti and Elide A. Pastorello
    Citation: Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2015 13:29
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  22. In Italy, the nsLTP (Pru p 3) has been identified as the most frequent cause of food allergy and anaphylaxis. In order to estimate the risk assessment in peach allergy, we investigated the presence of correlat...

    Authors: Carina Gabriela Uasuf, Danilo Villalta, Maria Elisabetta Conte, Caterina Di Sano, Maria Barrale, Vincenzo Cantisano, Elisabetta Pace, Mark Gjomarkaj, Sebastiano Gangemi and Ignazio Brusca
    Citation: Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2015 13:30
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  23. In the few studies available, the risk of developing systemic reactions (SR) to hymenoptera stings in patients with previous large local reactions (LLRs) to stings ranges from 0 to 7 %. We evaluated both retro...

    Authors: Stefano Pucci, Simona D’Alò, Tiziana De Pasquale, Ilenia Illuminati, Elena Makri and Cristoforo Incorvaia
    Citation: Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2015 13:21
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  24. Food allergy has an increasing prevalence in the general population and in Italy concerns 8 % of people with allergies. The spectrum of its clinical manifestations ranges from mild symptoms up to potentially f...

    Authors: Donatella Macchia, Giovanni Melioli, Valerio Pravettoni, Eleonora Nucera, Marta Piantanida, Marco Caminati, Corrado Campochiaro, Mona-Rita Yacoub, Domenico Schiavino, Roberto Paganelli and Mario Di Gioacchino
    Citation: Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2015 13:27
    Content type: Review Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2015 13:31


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