EAACI Position paper on the standardization of nasal allergen challenges

J Augé, J Vent, I Agache, L Airaksinen… - Allergy, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nasal allergen challenge (NAC) is an important tool to diagnose allergic rhinitis. In daily
clinical routine, experimentally, or when measuring therapeutic success clinically, nasal …

Nasal and ocular challenges

AN Pepper, DK Ledford - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2018 - Elsevier
Nasal and ocular challenges facilitate the evaluation of subjective and objective responses
to defined allergen or irritant exposure. Nasal and ocular allergen challenges are the gold …

The use of nasal allergen vs allergen exposure chambers to evaluate allergen immunotherapy

L Hossenbaccus, AK Ellis - Expert Review of Clinical Immunology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT) is the only disease-modifying treatment
option for allergic rhinitis (AR) patients with persistent moderate-severe AR for whom …

The Allergic Rhinitis–Clinical Investigator Collaborative (AR-CIC): nasal allergen challenge protocol optimization for studying AR pathophysiology and evaluating …

AK Ellis, M Soliman, L Steacy, MÈ Boulay… - Allergy, Asthma & …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background The Nasal Allergen Challenge (NAC) model allows the study of
Allergic Rhinitis (AR) pathophysiology and the proof of concept of novel therapies. The …

Nasal allergen challenge (NAC): Practical aspects and applications from an EU/US perspective—a Work Group Report of the AAAAI Rhinitis, Rhinosinusitis and …

SH Cho, A Nanda, A Keswani, A Adinoff… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nasal allergen challenge (NAC) is applied in a variety of settings (research centers,
specialty clinics, and hospitals) as a useful diagnostic and research tool. NAC is indicated …

Blood and nasal epigenetics correlate with allergic rhinitis symptom development in the environmental exposure unit

ML North, MJ Jones, JL MacIsaac, AM Morin… - Allergy, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Epigenetic alterations may represent new therapeutic targets and/or biomarkers
of allergic rhinitis (AR). Our aim was to examine genome‐wide epigenetic changes induced …

Nasal allergen challenge and environmental exposure chamber challenge: a randomized trial comparing clinical and biological responses to cat allergen

D Larson, P Patel, AM Salapatek, P Couroux… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The direct-instillation nasal allergen challenge (NAC) and the environmental
exposure chamber (EEC) are 2 methods of conducting controlled allergen provocations. The …

Advances in rhinitis: Models and mechanisms

AK Ellis, MW Tenn - Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective To summarize studies highlighting recent advances in rhinitis-related research in
the past 2 years. Data Sources Original research articles were procured and examined from …

Clinical validation of controlled exposure to birch pollen in the Environmental Exposure Unit (EEU)

AK Ellis, M Soliman, LM Steacy, DE Adams… - Allergy, Asthma & …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background The Environmental Exposure Unit (EEU) in Kingston, Ontario, Canada
is a controlled allergen challenge facility (CACF) that has been previously clinically …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus immunotherapy on upper and lower airway eosinophilic inflammatory response to nasal allergen challenge

R Huang, R Qin, Q Hu, Z Zhu, YK Liu… - Allergy, Asthma & …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose It remains unknown whether allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT) could attenuate
airway inflammatory response triggered by allergen exposure. Methods We performed …