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    Clinical & Experimental Allergy: Volume 39, Issue 12

    1777-1959
    December 2009
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Editor's Choice

The Editor takes a closer look at some of this month's articles

  • Page: 1777
  • First Published: 13 November 2009

Editorials

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Unsticking eosinophils

R. W. Costello,  D. M. Murphy, 
  • Pages: 1778-1779
  • First Published: 13 November 2009
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Asthma control, airway responsiveness and airway inflammation

I. D. Pavord, 
  • Pages: 1780-1782
  • First Published: 13 November 2009
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Adjuvants for immunotherapy: lost in translation?

D. Van Hemelen,  A. J. M. Van Oosterhout, 
  • Pages: 1783-1785
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Reviews

Histamine, histamine receptors and their role in immune pathology

M. Jutel,  M. Akdis,  C. A. Akdis, 
  • Pages: 1786-1800
  • First Published: 13 November 2009

Practical prebiotics, probiotics and synbiotics for allergists: how useful are they?

H. Johannsen,  S. L. Prescott, 
  • Pages: 1801-1814
  • First Published: 13 November 2009

Angiogenesis in asthma

D. Ribatti,  I. Puxeddu,  E. Crivellato,  B. Nico,  A. Vacca,  F. Levi-Schaffer, 
  • Pages: 1815-1821
  • First Published: 13 November 2009

Original Articles: Asthma and Rhinitis

Association between asthma control and bronchial hyperresponsiveness and airways inflammation: a cross-sectional study in daily practice

V. Quaedvlieg,  J. Sele,  M. Henket,  R. Louis, 
  • Pages: 1822-1829
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The effect of oral steroids with and without vitamin D3 on early efficacy of immunotherapy in asthmatic children

P. Majak,  B. Rychlik,  I. Stelmach, 
  • Pages: 1830-1841
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Original Articles: Clinical Mechanisms in Allergic Disease

Influence of early gut microbiota on the maturation of childhood mucosal and systemic immune responses: Gut microbiota and immune responses

Y. M. Sjögren,  S. Tomicic,  A. Lundberg,  M. F. Böttcher,  B. Björkstén,  E. Sverremark-Ekström,  M. C. Jenmalm, 
  • Pages: 1842-1851
  • First Published: 13 November 2009

Allelic variants of CD40 and CD40L genes interact to promote antibiotic-induced cutaneous allergic reactions

Sae-H Kim,  J-E Lee,  Sang-H Kim,  Y-K Jee,  Y-K Kim,  H-S Park,  K-U Min,  H-W Park,  The Adverse Drug Reaction Research Group in Korea , 
  • Pages: 1852-1856
  • First Published: 13 November 2009

Original Articles: Basic Mechanisms in Allergic Disease

Theophylline inhibits the differentiation of human monocyte into dendritic cell potentially via adenosine receptor antagonism

K. Yasui,  Y. Kondo,  T. Wada,  M. Yashiro,  M. Tsuge,  T. Morishima, 
  • Pages: 1857-1865
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Fluvastatin and lovastatin inhibit granulocyte macrophage–colony stimulating factor-stimulated human eosinophil adhesion to inter-cellular adhesion molecule-1 under flow conditions

A. J. Robinson,  D. Kashanin,  F. O'Dowd,  K. Fitzgerald,  V. Williams,  G. M. Walsh, 
  • Pages: 1866-1874
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Original Articles: Epidemiology of Allergic Disease

A multi-centre study of candidate genes for wheeze and allergy: the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood Phase 2

J. Genuneit,  J. L. Cantelmo,  G. Weinmayr,  G. W. K. Wong,  P. J. Cooper,  M.-A. Riikjärv,  M. Gotua,  M. Kabesch,  E. Von Mutius,  F. Forastiere,  J. Crane,  W. Nystad,  N. El-Sharif,  J. Batlles-Garrido,  L. García-Marcos,  G. García-Hernández,  M. Morales-Suarez-Varela,  L. Nilsson,  L. Bråbäck,  Y. Saraçlar,  S. K. Weiland,  W. O. C. Cookson,  D. Strachan,  M. F. Moffatt,  the ISAAC Phase 2 Study Group , 
  • Pages: 1875-1888
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Original Articles: Editor's Choice: Epidemiology of Allergic Disease

Establishing the sequential progression of multiple allergic diagnoses in a UK birth cohort using the General Practice Research Database

Y. S. Punekar,  A. Sheikh, 
  • Pages: 1889-1895
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Original Articles: Editor's Choice: Clinical Allergy

Comparison of wheat and rye flour solutions for skin prick testing: a multi-centre study (Stad 1)

V. Van Kampen,  R. Merget,  S. Rabstein,  I. Sander,  T. Bruening,  H. C. Broding,  C. Keller,  H. Muesken,  A. Overlack,  G. Schultze-Werninghaus,  J. Walusiak,  M. Raulf-Heimsoth, 
  • Pages: 1896-1902
  • First Published: 13 November 2009

Immunotherapy with a modified birch pollen extract in allergic rhinoconjunctivitis: clinical and immunological effects

J. L. Ceuppens,  D. Bullens,  H. Kleinjans,  J. Van Der Werf,  the PURETHAL Birch Efficacy Study Group , 
  • Pages: 1903-1909
  • First Published: 13 November 2009

Original Articles: Experimental Models of Allergic Disease

Mapping of the lingual immune system reveals the presence of both regulatory and effector CD4+ T cells

L. Mascarell,  V. Lombardi,  A. Zimmer,  A. Louise,  S. Tourdot,  L. Van Overtvelt,  P. Moingeon, 
  • Pages: 1910-1919
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Allergic sensitization is enhanced in early life through toll-like receptor 7 activation

S. Phipps,  N. Hansbro,  C. E. Lam,  S. Y. Foo,  K. I. Matthaei,  P. S. Foster, 
  • Pages: 1920-1928
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Original Articles: Editor's Choice: Allergens

nsLTP and profilin are allergens in mustard seeds: cloning, sequencing and recombinant production of Sin a 3 and Sin a 4

S. Sirvent,  O. Palomares,  A. Vereda,  M. Villalba,  J. Cuesta-Herranz,  R. Rodríguez, 
  • Pages: 1929-1936
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Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology

British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology Annual Conference 2009 Abstracts

  • Pages: 1937-1958
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Forthcoming meetings

Forthcoming meetings

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