Mechanisms of allergen-specific immunotherapy and immune tolerance to allergens

CA Akdis, M Akdis - World Allergy Organization Journal, 2015 - Springer
Substantial progress in understanding mechanisms of immune regulation in allergy, asthma,
autoimmune diseases, tumors, organ transplantation and chronic infections has led to a …

Orchestrating house dust mite-associated allergy in the lung

LG Gregory, CM Lloyd - Trends in immunology, 2011 - cell.com
House dust mites (HDM; Dermatophagoides sp.) are one of the commonest aeroallergens
worldwide and up to 85% of asthmatics are typically HDM allergic. Allergenicity is …

Use of a liver-targeting immune-tolerogenic mRNA lipid nanoparticle platform to treat peanut-induced anaphylaxis by single-and multiple-epitope nucleotide …

X Xu, X Wang, YP Liao, L Luo, T Xia, AE Nel - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
While oral desensitization is capable of alleviating peanut allergen anaphylaxis, long-term
immune tolerance is the sought-after goal. We developed a liver-targeting lipid nanoparticle …

Computer-aided designing of immunosuppressive peptides based on IL-10 inducing potential

G Nagpal, SS Usmani, SK Dhanda, H Kaur, S Singh… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
In the past, numerous methods have been developed to predict MHC class II binders or T-
helper epitopes for designing the epitope-based vaccines against pathogens. In contrast …

Comprehensive, quantitative mapping of T cell epitopes in gluten in celiac disease

JA Tye-Din, JA Stewart, JA Dromey… - Science translational …, 2010 - science.org
Celiac disease is a genetic condition that results in a debilitating immune reaction in the gut
to antigens in grain. The antigenic peptides recognized by the T cells that cause this disease …

Mechanisms of allergen-specific immunotherapy

CA Akdis, M Akdis - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2011 - Elsevier
Allergen-specific immunotherapy has been used for 100 years as a desensitizing therapy for
allergic diseases and represents the potentially curative and specific method of treatment …

Role of Treg in immune regulation of allergic diseases

O Palomares, G Yaman, AK Azkur… - European journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Allergy is a Th2‐mediated disease that involves the formation of specific IgE antibodies
against innocuous environmental substances. The prevalence of allergic diseases has …

Therapies for allergic inflammation: refining strategies to induce tolerance

CA Akdis - Nature medicine, 2012 - nature.com
Current therapies for asthma and allergy are relatively safe and effective at controlling
symptoms but do not change the chronic course of disease. There is no established method …

[HTML][HTML] Regulatory T cells in asthma

CM Lloyd, CM Hawrylowicz - Immunity, 2009 - cell.com
Asthma is characterized by T helper cell 2 (Th2) type inflammation, leading to airway
hyperresponsiveness and tissue remodeling. Th2 cell-driven inflammation is likely to …

Mechanisms of immune tolerance to allergens: role of IL-10 and Tregs

CA Akdis, M Akdis - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2014 - Am Soc Clin Investig
During the past 20 years, major advances have been made in understanding the molecular
and cellular mechanisms of allergen tolerance in humans. The demonstration of T cell …