Proteins and peptides are increasingly recognized as potential leads for the development of
new therapeutics for a variety of human ailments. Due to their relatively specific mode of …

Peptides take on an increasingly important role as therapeutics in areas including diabetes,
oncology, and metabolic, cardiovascular, and infectious diseases. In addition, many …

Atopic asthma is a chronic inflammatory pulmonary disease characterised by recurrent
episodes of wheezy, laboured breathing with an underlying Th2 cell-mediated inflammatory …

Exosomes are nanovesicles originating from multivesicular bodies that are secreted by a
variety of cell types. The dual capability of exosomes to promote immunity or to induce …

Technologies that induce antigen-specific immune tolerance by mimicking naturally
occurring mechanisms have the potential to revolutionize the treatment of many immune …

The number of patients suffering from allergic asthma and rhinoconjunctivitis has increased
dramatically within the last decades. Allergen‐specific immunotherapy (AIT) is the only …

Olive tree is one of the main allergy sources in Mediterranean countries. The identification of
the allergenic repertoire from olive pollen has been essential for the development of rational …

Introduction Allergy, the immunological hypersensitivity to innocuous environmental
compounds, is a global health problem. The disease triggers, allergens, are mostly proteins …

Allergic diseases are highly prevalent disorders, mainly in industrialized countries where
they constitute a high global health problem. Allergy is defined as an immune response …

Development of vaccines in autoimmune diseases has received wide attention over the last
decade. However, many vaccines showed limited clinical efficacy. To enhance vaccine …