Tunn Ren Tay,Jonathan Pham,Mark Hew
Tunn Ren Tay
Purpose of review: In asthma, there is an increasing focus on personalizing treatment by targeting treatable traits. Ethnicity has effects on many biological and behavioural traits, and so is an important consideration wh...
Monika Raulf
Monika Raulf
Purpose of review: During the 1980s, natural rubber latex (NRL) emerged as a major cause of occupational allergy and asthma, especially in healthcare workers using powdered NRL gloves. Increased recognition of NRL allergi...
Mohamed F Jeebhay,Roslynn Baatjies
Mohamed F Jeebhay
Purpose of review: Baker's allergy and asthma continue to represent an important contributor of occupational asthma globally. This review identified recent studies related to the prevention of baker's allergy and asthma. ...
Diagnostic approach to occupational rhinitis: the role of nasal provocation tests [0.03%]
职业性鼻炎的诊断方法：鼻激发试验的作用
Steven Ronsmans,Brecht Steelant,Wout Backaert et al.
Steven Ronsmans et al.
Purpose of review: The diagnosis of occupational rhinitis is a challenge. Underdiagnosis is substantial as the clinical presentation is nonspecific and often no occupational history is taken. Detection of occupational rhi...
Piero Maestrelli,Paola Mason,Gabriella Guarnieri
Piero Maestrelli
Purpose of review: The present work represents an update of the review published in this journal by Corradi et al., regarding the use of exhaled breath condensate (EBC) to investigate occupational lung diseases. ...
Current advances on the microbiome and role of probiotics in upper airways disease [0.03%]
微生物组的当前进展和益生菌在上呼吸道疾病中的作用
Shingo Yamanishi,Ruby Pawankar
Shingo Yamanishi
Purpose of review: The prevalence of chronic upper airway inflammatory diseases such as allergic rhinitis and chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is increasing markedly posing a potential health threat globally. The involvement ...
Timothy G Chow,Michelle A Gill
Timothy G Chow
Purpose of review: Dendritic cells are critical in directing inflammatory versus tolerogenic responses. As the burden of allergic disease rises worldwide, increased understanding of mechanisms underlying these diseases is...
Xuesong Chen,David B Corry,Evan Li
Xuesong Chen
Purpose of review: Allergic asthma reflects the interplay between inflammatory mediators and immune, airway epithelial, and other cells. This review summarizes key insights in these areas over the past year. ...
Jacqueline Ho,Peter Earls,Richard J Harvey
Jacqueline Ho
Purpose of review: The current understanding of eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) has developed rapidly over the past decades. Classification of CRS based on the inflammatory endotype more accurately reflects the ...
Biologicals for severe asthma: what we can learn from real-life experiences? [0.03%]
严重哮喘生物制剂治疗的现实情况能给我们带来哪些启示？
Diego Bagnasco,Marco Caminati,Giovanni Passalacqua
Diego Bagnasco
Purpose of review: Severe asthma is a serious disease affecting about 5-10% of asthmatic patients. Often patients with this kind of asthma requires periodical courses or daily intake of oral corticosteroids, to control sy...