The role of histamine and histamine receptors in mast cell-mediated allergy and inflammation: the hunt for new therapeutic targets

EB Thangam, EA Jemima, H Singh, MS Baig… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Histamine and its receptors (H1R–H4R) play a crucial and significant role in the
development of various allergic diseases. Mast cells are multifunctional bone marrow …

Mechanisms of allergen-specific immunotherapy: multiple suppressor factors at work in immune tolerance to allergens

M Akdis, CA Akdis - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2014 - Elsevier
Allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT) has been used for more than 100 years as a
desensitizing therapy for IgE-mediated allergic diseases and represents a potentially …

The role of histamine H1 and H4 receptors in allergic inflammation: the search for new antihistamines

RL Thurmond, EW Gelfand, PJ Dunford - Nature reviews Drug …, 2008 - nature.com
Histamine has a key role in allergic inflammatory conditions. The inflammatory responses
resulting from the liberation of histamine have long been thought to be mediated by the …

Regulation of the immune response and inflammation by histamine and histamine receptors

L O'Mahony, M Akdis, CA Akdis - Journal of Allergy and Clinical …, 2011 - Elsevier
Histamine is a biogenic amine with extensive effects on many cell types, including important
immunologic cells, such as antigen-presenting cells, natural killer cells, epithelial cells, and …

Histamine, histamine receptors and their role in immune pathology

M Jutel, M Akdis, CA Akdis - Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The important roles of histamine in body physiology and various pathologic events have
been well established, whereas new and exciting findings are still being uncovered …

Mechanisms and treatment of allergic disease in the big picture of regulatory T cells

CA Akdis, M Akdis - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2009 - Elsevier
Various populations of regulatory T (Treg) cells have been shown to play a central role in the
maintenance of peripheral homeostasis and the establishment of controlled immune …

Immunological mechanisms of allergen‐specific immunotherapy

M Jutel, CA Akdis - Allergy, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
To cite this article: Jutel M, Akdis CA. Immunological mechanisms of allergen‐specific
immunotherapy. Allergy 2011; 66: 725–732. Abstract The studies on the mechanisms of …

T regulatory cells in allergy: novel concepts in the pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment of allergic diseases

M Akdis, K Blaser, CA Akdis - Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2005 - Elsevier
The identification of T regulatory (TReg) cells as key regulators of immunologic processes in
peripheral tolerance to allergens has opened an important era in the prevention and …

Histamine in the immune regulation of allergic inflammation

CA Akdis, K Blaser - Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2003 - Elsevier
Histamine was the first mediator implicated in mechanisms of allergy, asthma, and
anaphylactic shock because it has been discovered to mimic several features of these …

Histamine receptors are hot in immunopharmacology

CA Akdis, FER Simons - European journal of pharmacology, 2006 - Elsevier
In addition to its well-characterized effects in the acute allergic inflammatory responses,
histamine has been demonstrated to affect chronic inflammation and regulate several …