Mübeccel Akdis

Nov 20, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Magdalena Zemelka-Wiacek |Ioana Agache |Cezmi A. Akdis |Mübeccel Akdis

1 INTRODUCTION Allergen immunotherapy (AIT) was initially reported at the beginning of the 20th century and performed in clinical routine for more than 110 years.1 A high level of evidence for its efficacy and safety has been elaborated throughout the recent decades for various forms of application, sublingual (SLIT) and subcutaneous (SCIT), as well as oral immunotherapy (OIT), the latter being used in managing food allergies, especially peanut, cow's milk and hen's egg allergy (Table 1).2-7...

Aug 31, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos |Cezmi A. Akdis |Mübeccel Akdis |Switzerland Christine Kühne-Center

1 THERE IS A MAJOR UNMET NEED TO CHARACTERISE, MONITOR AND IMPROVE AIR QUALITY TO SUPPORT HEALTH The profound impact of air pollution on human health has been thoroughly studied and reported.1, 2 The risk involves most systems of our body, with skin, respiratory, cardiovascular and central nervous systems predominating.2 Overall, acute and chronic illnesses, as well as exacerbations of chronic diseases, can result in humans and animals following damage of epithelial barriers, activation of...