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    Clinical & Experimental Allergy: Volume 40, Issue 5

    693-832
    May 2010
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Editor's Choice

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

  • Page: 693
  • First Published: 19 April 2010

Editorials

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Probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics: a hope or hype in allergy?
This editorial discusses the findings of the paper by van der Aa et al. [11] pp. 795-804.

M. Kalliomäki, 
  • Pages: 694-696
  • First Published: 19 April 2010
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Should allergic reactions to radio-contrast media be investigated by an allergist?

S. Nasser, 
  • Pages: 697-699
  • First Published: 19 April 2010

Reviews

Regulation of allergic inflammatory responses by inhibitory receptors

D. Shik,  A. Munitz, 
  • Pages: 700-709
  • First Published: 19 April 2010

Transforming growth factor-β1 in asthmatic airway smooth muscle enlargement: is fibroblast growth factor-2 required?

Y. Bossé,  J. Stankova,  M. Rola-Pleszczynski, 
  • Pages: 710-724
  • First Published: 19 April 2010

Opinions in Allergy

The role and potential use of oral transforming growth factor-β in the prevention of infant allergy

A. Nakao, 
  • Pages: 725-730
  • First Published: 19 April 2010

Editor's Choice: Asthma and Rhinitis

Disconnect between standardized field-based testing and mannitol challenge in Scottish elite swimmers

K. L. Clearie,  P. A. Williamson,  S. Vaidyanathan,  P. Short,  A. Goudie,  P. Burns,  P. Hopkinson,  K. Meldrum,  L. Howaniec,  B. J. Lipworth, 
  • Pages: 731-737
  • First Published: 19 April 2010

Asthma and Rhinitis

Reproducibility of nasal allergen challenge in evaluating the efficacy of intranasal corticosteroid treatment

D. Proud,  D. K. Riker,  A. Togias, 
  • Pages: 738-744
  • First Published: 19 April 2010

Clinical Mechanisms in Allergic Disease

Pulmonary allergic responses augment interleukin-13 secretion by circulating basophils yet suppress interferon-α from plasmacytoid dendritic cells

J. T. Schroeder,  A. P. Bieneman,  K. L. Chichester,  L. Breslin,  H. Xiao,  M. C. Liu, 
  • Pages: 745-754
  • First Published: 19 April 2010

Histamine induces Th2 activation through the histamine receptor 1 in house dust mite rhinitic but not asthmatic patients

K. Botturi,  Y. Lacoeuille,  D. Vervloet,  A. Magnan, 
  • Pages: 755-762
  • First Published: 19 April 2010

Basic Mechanisms in Allergic Disease

Transforming growth factor-β stimulates the expression of eotaxin/CC chemokine ligand 11 and its promoter activity through binding site for nuclear factor-κB in airway smooth muscle cells

S. Matsukura,  M. Odaka,  M. Kurokawa,  H. Kuga,  T. Homma,  H. Takeuchi,  K. Notomi,  F. Kokubu,  M. Kawaguchi,  R. P. Schleimer,  M. W. Johnson,  M. Adachi, 
  • Pages: 763-771
  • First Published: 19 April 2010

UV inhibits allergic airways disease in mice by reducing effector CD4+ T cells

J. P. McGlade,  D. H. Strickland,  M. J. M. Lambert,  S. Gorman,  J. A. Thomas,  M. A. Judge,  J. T. Burchell,  G. R. Zosky,  P. H. Hart, 
  • Pages: 772-785
  • First Published: 19 April 2010

Editor's Choice: Epidemiology of Allergic Disease

Maternal vitamin D intake during pregnancy increases gene expression of ILT3 and ILT4 in cord blood

M. K. Rochat,  M. J. Ege,  D. Plabst,  J. Steinle,  S. Bitter,  C. Braun-Fahrländer,  J-C. Dalphin,  J. Riedler,  M. Roponen,  M-R. Hirvonen,  G. Büchele,  H. Renz,  R. Lauener,  S. Krauss-Etschmann,  E. Von Mutius,  the PASTURE Study group , 
  • Pages: 786-794
  • First Published: 19 April 2010

Clinical Allergy

Effect of a new synbiotic mixture on atopic dermatitis in infants: a randomized-controlled trial

L. B. Van Der Aa,  H. S. Heymans,  W. M. Van Aalderen,  J. H. Sillevis Smitt,  J. Knol,  K. Ben Amor,  D. A. Goossens,  A. B. Sprikkelman,  the Synbad Study Group , 
  • Pages: 795-804
  • First Published: 19 April 2010

Clinical value of negative skin tests to iodinated contrast media

S. Caimmi,  B. Benyahia,  D. Suau,  L. Bousquet-Rouanet,  D. Caimmi,  P.-J. Bousquet,  P. Demoly, 
  • Pages: 805-810
  • First Published: 19 April 2010

Experimental Models of Allergic Disease

Bacterial strain-specific induction of Foxp3+ T regulatory cells is protective in murine allergy models

A. Lyons,  D. O'Mahony,  F. O'Brien,  J. MacSharry,  B. Sheil,  M. Ceddia,  W. M. Russell,  P. Forsythe,  J. Bienenstock,  B. Kiely,  F. Shanahan,  L. O'Mahony, 
  • Pages: 811-819
  • First Published: 19 April 2010

Editor's Choice: Experimental Models of Allergic Disease

The role of interleukin-4Rα in the induction of glutamic acid decarboxylase in airway epithelium following acute house dust mite exposure

J. A. Hirota,  A. Budelsky,  D. Smith,  B. Lipsky,  R. Ellis,  Y-Y. Xiang,  W-Y. Lu,  M. D. Inman, 
  • Pages: 820-830
  • First Published: 19 April 2010

Corrigendum

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Allergen concentration in natural rubber latex

H.-Y. Yeang,  R. G. Hamilton,  D. I. Bernstein,  S. A. M. Arif,  K. -S. Chow,  Y. -H. Loke,  M. Raulf-Heimsoth,  S. Wagner,  H. Breiteneder,  R. E. Biagini, 
  • Page: 831
  • First Published: 19 April 2010

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