Allergic rhinitis, asthma, and atopic eczema are among the commonest causes of chronic ill
health. These diseases are increasing in prevalence, and they add considerably to the …

Current forms of allergy diagnosis and specific immunotherapy are performed with allergen
extracts. Allergen extracts contain a variety of allergenic and nonallergenic components and …

Physical, chemical and biological stress factors, such as microbial infection, upregulate the
transcription levels of a number of plant genes, coding for the so‐called pathogenesis …

Today, in vivo allergy diagnosis and allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT) are still based
on allergen extracts obtained from natural allergen sources. Several studies analyzing the …

Abstract The IUIS A llergen N omenclature S ub‐C ommittee, under the auspices of the W
orld H ealth O rganization and the I nternational U nion of I mmunological S ocieties …

A large number of allergenic proteins have now their complete cDNA sequences determined
and in some cases also the 3D structures. It turned out that most allergens could be grouped …

More than 25% of the population in industrialized countries suffers from immunoglobulin-E-
mediated allergies. The antigen-specific immunotherapy that is in use at present involves …

Purified allergens are named using the systematic nomenclature of the Allergen
Nomenclature Sub-Committee of the World Health Organization and International Union of …

The ability of certain proteins to induce an allergic response in susceptible individuals is well
established. Symptoms can range from mild erythema or rhinitis, to acute, and possibly fatal …

Summary Background and Objective The mechanisms operative in specific immunotherapy
(SIT) of Type I allergy are not completely understood. In the present study we evaluated …