New Trends in Allergy IV: Together with Environmental Allergy and Allergotoxicology III

Front Matter....Pages I-XXVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Environmental Risk Factors for Atopy....Pages 3-11
Significant Variations of Skin Prick Test Results Between Five Fieldworkers in a Multicentre Study....Pages 13-15
Postwar Increase of Allergies in the West, but not in the East of Germany?....Pages 17-20
Epidemiology of Atopic Eczema....Pages 21-23
Air Pollution as a Risk Factor for Allergy: The East-West German Experience....Pages 25-35
Asthma and Atopy in West and East Germany....Pages 37-42
Impact of SO 2 and TSP on Allergic Manifestations and Non-Allergic Respiratory Diseases — Results from the Study on School-Beginners in East and West Germany 1991–1994....Pages 43-47
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
A Research Strategy for the Investigation of the Influence of Environmental Pollutants on the Development of Allergic Sensitization and Disease....Pages 51-60
Pollutants Enhance the Airway Response of Asthmatics to Inhaled Allergen: In Vivo and In Vitro Evidence....Pages 61-71
Exposure to a Combination of 200 ppb Sulphur Dioxide and 400 ppb Nitrogen Dioxide Increases the Airway Response of Mild Asthmatics to Allergen Inhalation in a Time-Lagged Manner....Pages 73-77
Epithelial Functionas a Focus of Ozone-Allergen Interaction....Pages 79-83
Acute Effects of Air Pollutants in Asthma....Pages 85-89
Influence of Particles and Surfactant on the In Vitro Response of Macrophages to Ozone....Pages 91-94
Airborne Particles and Allergic Inflammation: Involvement of Eicosanoids, Interleukin 8, and Oxygen Radical Production....Pages 95-99
A Method for Investigating the Effects of Gaseous Pollutants on Pollen Ultrastructure and Allergen Release....Pages 101-103
Exposure of Pollen to S0 2 , NO 2 or O 3 : Influence on Protein Release and Histamine Releasing Capacity In Vitro....Pages 105-108
Immunotoxicity of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Related Compounds....Pages 109-118
Chemicals and Induction of Respiratory Allergies....Pages 119-121
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Regulation of Antigen Presentation in the Lung and Airways: The Central Role of Class II MHC-Bearing Dendritic Cells....Pages 125-129
T Lymphocytes and Subpopulations: Involvement of TH2 Cells in Allergic Diseases....Pages 131-136
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Human IgE-Binding Structures....Pages 137-145
Correlation Between Chronic Graft-vs-HOST Disease, Mast Cell Degranulation and Fibrosis....Pages 147-149
The Regulation of Mast Cell Development, Survival and Function In Vivo by Stem Cell Factor, the Ligand for the c-kit Receptor: Clinical Implications....Pages 151-158
A Kazal-Type Inhibitor of Human Mast Cell Tryptase....Pages 159-160
Generation of Anti-inflammatory Protein in Glucocorticoid-lnduced Human RM3/1 Macrophages....Pages 161-163
Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor and lnterleukin-5 Signal Transduction Involves Activation of Lyn and Syk Protein-Tyrosine Kinases in Human Eosinophils....Pages 165-167
Bone Marrow Origin of Inflammatory Cells in Allergy....Pages 169-174
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Tachykinins in Experimental Allergic Lung Disease....Pages 177-181
Neuropeptides in Allergy....Pages 183-188
Immunomodulatory Capacities of α-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone and Related Proopiomelanocortins....Pages 189-196
Neuropeptides, Nerve Growth Factor and Eczema....Pages 197-202
Itch and Physiological Covariates....Pages 203-210
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
Skin Barrier and Eczema....Pages 213-220
TH1 and TH2 Response in Eczema....Pages 221-222
Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxins Induce Histamine and Leukotriene Release in Patients with Atopic Eczema....Pages 223-227
Modulatory Factors for Tissue Eosinophilia in Atopic Eczema....Pages 229-231
Characterization of Specific T-Cell Responses to Food Antigens in Atopic Eczema....Pages 233-236
Topical Ceramide Corrected Epidermal Cell Hyperproliferation and Stratum Corneum Dysmaturation in Atopic eczema....Pages 237-239
Changer of Meteorologie Factors Influence Pruritus in Atopic Eczema....Pages 241-244
Ultraviolet Therapy of Atopic Eczema....Pages 245-246
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
Latex Type I Allergy....Pages 249-256
Molecular Characterization of a Natural Latex Extract and Serological Diagnosis of Latex Allergy....Pages 257-261
Characterization of the Alveolitis in Patients with Acute Episodes of Farmer’s Lung....Pages 263-264
Release of Sulfidoleukotrienes In Vitro: A Novel test system in the Diagnosis of Pseudo-Allergy to Acetylsalicylic Acid....Pages 265-266
The Role of Superantigenicity of Silicate in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Diseases in Patients with Silicosis or Asbestosis....Pages 267-270
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Skin Prick and Intradermal Test: Critical evaluation....Pages 273-275
Nasal Provocation Test: Critical evaluation....Pages 277-280
Conjunctival Provocation: Critical evaluation....Pages 281-286
Bronchial Provocation: Critical evaluation....Pages 287-288
Patch Test for Contact Dermatitis: Critical evaluation....Pages 289-292
Photopatch Test: Critical evaluation....Pages 293-295
Atopy Patch Test: Critical evaluation....Pages 297-304
Predictive Testing for Allergy: Critical evaluation....Pages 305-307
In Vitro Model for Contact Sensitization: Stimulatory Capacities of Human Blood-Derived Dendritic Cells and Their Phenotypical Alterations in the Presence of Contact Sensitizers....Pages 309-314
Hyposensitization: Critical evaluation....Pages 315-317
Alternatives in Allergology: Critical evaluation....Pages 319-329
‘Clinical Ecology’: Critical evaluation....Pages 331-336
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
Allergen Epitopes....Pages 339-344
Successful Immuno Therapy with T-Cell Epitope Peptides of Bee Venom Phospholipase A2 in Two Patients with Honey Bee Venom Allergy....Pages 345-347
Onset of Action and Efficacy of Astemizole, Cetirizine, Loratadine, and Terfenadine as Tested by Controlled Antigen Challenge in an Environmental Exposure Unit....Pages 349-353
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
Hyposensitization with Seven Injections: A Placebo-Controlled, Double-blind Multicenter Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Short-Term Immunotherapy With Molecular-Standardized Grass/Rye Allergen....Pages 355-356
Antigen Specific Peptides: Role in Immunomodulation....Pages 357-358
Self-Tolerance: Multiple Strategies for Peripheral Unresponsiveness of T Cells....Pages 359-364
Back Matter....Pages 365-376