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2. Fish allergy

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Pires Pereira, Helena, Botelho Alves, Pedro, Peixinho, Margarida, Carrapatoso, Isabel, and Todo-Bom, Ana

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2024
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3. Predictors of anaphylaxis to peanut and tree nuts in a Mediterranean population.

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Alves, Pedro B., Pereira, Helena P., Alves, Marta P., Roseta, Luis, Tavares, Beatriz, Loureiro, Graça, Carrapatoso, Isabel, Todo-Bom, Ana, and Regateiro, Frederico S.

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PEANUT allergy, IMMUNOGLOBULIN E, FOOD allergy, ANAPHYLAXIS, LIPID transfer protein, SEED storage
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Background: Peanuts (PN) and tree nuts (TN) are major causes of anaphylaxis worldwide. We aimed to determine the clinical and demographic characteristics associated with anaphylaxis in patients sensitized to PN and/or TN in a Mediterranean population. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study, which included 198 patients allergic to PN and/or TN (allergy symptoms plus specific immunoglobulin E [sIgE] sensitization), evaluated in consultations from January 2015 to December 2020. Univariate analysis and multivariate logistic regression models were developed, including demographic, clinical, and laboratory data as independent variables, and anaphylaxis to each PN and/or TN as a dependent variables. Results: Anaphylaxis was associated with an earlier age of onset of allergy to PN, cashew and/or pistachio, and pine nut allergy but not to other TN allergies. Gender, atopic comorbidities, and cofactors were not associated with PN and/or TN anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis to PN, cashew and/or pistachio, and pine nut were associated with reactivity to a fewer number of PN and/or TN foods. Although sIgE sensitization to lipid transfer proteins (LTP) was highly prevalent in our population, only seed storage protein (SSP) positivity was associated with anaphylaxis in PN allergy. The absence of pathogenesis-related protein family 10 sensitization correlated with PN and hazelnut anaphylaxis. A higher level of sIgE to almond extract predicted anaphylaxis but the level of sIgE to other PN and/or TN extracts did not predict it. Conclusion: The high prevalence of sensitization to the pan-allergen LTP did not seem to have a significant impact in PN and/or TN allergy severity in our study. Instead, other factors, such as early age of onset and positivity for SSPs, seem to strongly associate with anaphylaxis to specific PN and/or TN. These findings may contribute to individual risk assessment in these populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2022
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4. MASK-air: An OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Best Practice for Public Health on Integrated Care for Chronic Diseases

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Bousquet, Jean, Sousa-Pinto, Bernardo, Anto, Josep M., Bedbrook, Anna, Fonseca, Joao A., Zuberbier, Torsten, Czarlewski, Wienczyslawa, Haahtela, Tari, Canonica, G. Walter, Costa, Elisio M., Klimek, Ludger, Kuna, Piotr, Kupczyk, Maciej, Kvedariene, Violeta, Kulus, Marek, Larenas-Linnemann, Désirée E., Louis, Renaud, Pfaar, Oliver, Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G., Pham-Thi, Nhân, Regateiro, Frederico S., Roche, Nicolas, Samolinski, Boleslaw, Sastre, Joaquin, Scichilone, Nicola, Taborda-Barata, Luis, Valiulis, Arunas, Yorgancioglu, Arzu, Ventura, Maria Teresa, Almeida, Rute, Amaral, Rita, Ansotegui, Ignacio J., Bergmann, Karl C., Bosnic-Anticevich, Sinthia, Braido, Fulvio, Brussino, Luisa, Cardona, Victoria, Cecchi, Lorenzo, Loureiro, Claudia Chaves, Cingi, Cemal, Cruz, Alvaro A., Fokkens, Wytske J., de Vries, Govert, Gemicioglu, Bilun, Giuliano, Antonio F.M., Linuma, Tomohisa, Ivancevich, Juan Carlos, Jácome, Cristina, Kaidashev, Igor, Kraxner, Helga, Laune, Daniel, Louis, Gilles, Lourenço, Olga, Makela, Mika, Makris, Michael, Morais-Almeida, Mario, Mösges, Ralph, Maurer, Marcus, Mullol, Joaquim, Nadif, Rachel, Niedoszytko, Marek, O’Hehir, Robyn, Okamoto, Yoshitaka, Ollert, Markus, Olze, Heidi, Patella, Vincenzo, Pétré, Benoit, Puggioni, Francesca, Romantowski, Jan, Rouadi, Philip W., Reitsma, Sietze, Rivero-Yeverino, Daniela, Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Monica, Sá-Sousa, Ana, Savouré, Marine, Serpa, Faradiba S., Shamji, Mohamed H., Sheikh, Aziz, Ulrik, Charlotte Suppli, Sofiev, Mikhail, Sova, Milan, Sperl, Annette, Todo-Bom, Ana, Tomazic, Peter V., Toppila-Salmi, Sanna, Tsiligianni, Ioanna, Valovirta, Erkka, van Eerd, Michiel, Zidarn, Mihaela, Blain, Hubert, Boulet, Louis-Philippe, Brusselle, Guy, Buhl, Roland, Charpin, Denis, Casale, Thomas, Chivato, Tomas, Correia-de-Sousa, Jaime, Corrigan, Christopher, de Blay, Frédéric, Del Giacco, Stefano, Devillier, Philippe, Dykewicz, Mark, Fiocchi, Alessandro, Giovannini, Mattia, Jassem, Ewa, Jutel, Marek, Keil, Thomas, La Grutta, Stefania, Lipworth, Brian, Papi, Alberto, Pépin, Jean-Louis, Quirce, Santiago, Cordeiro, Carlos Robalo, Torres, Maria J., and Usmani, Omar S.

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In the recent report of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Best Practices (BPs) for Integrating Care to Prevent and Manage Chronic Diseases, an app on rhinitis and asthma (MASK-air [Mobile Airways Sentinel networK for airway diseases]) has been listed. The OECD is a reliable source of evidence-based policy analysis and economic data largely used by governments. It has published several BPs on public health. On May 10, 2023, the OECD published 13 BPs for Integrating Care to Prevent and Manage Chronic Diseases in the European Union. The report did not cover all models of integrated care; rather, it “focuse(d) on those that are of key strategic interest to policy makers.” New MASK-air studies (not published in the report) include equity, usability of the app in old-age adults, economic impact, quality of life, and allergen immunotherapy. MASK-air is freely available on iOS and Android in 30 countries and has been recently introduced in the United States. The MASK-air OECD BP represents a model of digitally enabled, patient-centered care for chronic diseases using a holistic approach of shared decision making.

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2024
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5. Concepts for the Development of Person-Centered, Digitally Enabled, Artificial Intelligence–Assisted ARIA Care Pathways (ARIA 2024)

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Bousquet, Jean, Schünemann, Holger J., Sousa-Pinto, Bernardo, Zuberbier, Torsten, Togias, Alkis, Samolinski, Boleslaw, Bedbrook, Anna, Czarlewski, Wienczyslawa, Hofmann-Apitius, Martin, Litynska, Justyna, Vieira, Rafael J., Anto, Josep M., Fonseca, Joao A., Brozek, Jan, Bognanni, Antonio, Brussino, Luisa, Canonica, G. Walter, Cherrez-Ojeda, Ivan, Cruz, Alvaro A., Vecillas, Leticia de las, Dykewicz, Mark, Gemicioglu, Bilun, Giovannini, Mattia, Haahtela, Tari, Jacobs, Marc, Jacomelli, Cristina, Klimek, Ludger, Kvedariene, Violeta, Larenas-Linnemann, Desiree E., Louis, Gilles, Lourenço, Olga, Leemann, Lucas, Morais-Almeida, Mario, Neves, Ana Luisa, Nadeau, Kari C., Nowak, Artur, Palamarchuk, Yuliia, Palkonen, Susanna, Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G., Parmelli, Elena, Pereira, Ana Margarida, Pfaar, Oliver, Regateiro, Frederico S., Savouré, Marine, Taborda-Barata, Luis, Toppila-Salmi, Sanna K., Torres, Maria J., Valiulis, Arunas, Ventura, Maria Teresa, Williams, Sian, Yepes-Nuñez, Juan J., Yorgancioglu, Arzu, Zhang, Luo, Zuberbier, Jaron, Abdul Latiff, Amir Hamzah, Abdullah, Baharudin, Agache, Ioana, Al-Ahmad, Mona, Al-Nesf, Maryam Ali, Al Shaikh, Nada A., Amaral, Rita, Ansotegui, Ignacio J., Asllani, Julijana, Balotro-Torres, Maria Cristina, Bergmann, Karl-Christian, Bernstein, Jonathan A., Bindslev-Jensen, Carsten, Blaiss, Michael S., Bonaglia, Cristina, Bonini, Matteo, Bossé, Isabelle, Braido, Fulvio, Caballero-Fonseca, Fernan, Camargos, Paulo, Carreiro-Martins, Pedro, Casale, Thomas, Castillo-Vizuete, José-Antonio, Cecchi, Lorenzo, Teixeira, Maria do Ceu, Chang, Yoon-Seok, Loureiro, Claudia Chaves, Christoff, George, Ciprandi, Giorgio, Cirule, Ieva, Correia-de-Sousa, Jaime, Costa, Elisio M., Cvetkovski, Biljana, de Vries, Govert, Del Giacco, Stefano, Devillier, Philippe, Dokic, Dejan, Douagui, Habib, Durham, Stephen R., Enecilla, Maria Lourdes, Fiocchi, Alessandro, Fokkens, Wytske J., Fontaine, Jean-François, Gawlik, Radoslaw, Gereda, Jose E., Gil-Mata, Sara, Giuliano, Antonio F.M., Gotua, Maia, Gradauskiene, Brigita, Guzman, Maria Antonieta, Hossny, Elham, Hrubiško, Martin, Iinuma, Tomohisa, Irani, Carla, Ispayeva, Zhanat, Ivancevich, Juan Carlos, Jartti, Tuomas, Jeseňák, Miloš, Julge, Kaja, Jutel, Marek, Kaidashev, Igor, Bennoor, Kazi S., Khaltaev, Nicolai, Kirenga, Bruce, Kraxner, Helga, Kull, Inger, Kulus, Marek, Kuna, Piotr, Kupczyk, Maciej, Kurchenko, Andriy, La Grutta, Stefania, Lane, Stephen, Miculinic, Neven, Lee, Sang Min, Le Thi Tuyet, Lan, Lkhagvaa, Battur, Louis, Renaud, Mahboub, Bassam, Makela, Mika, Makris, Michael, Maurer, Marcus, Melén, Eric, Milenkovic, Branislava, Mohammad, Yousser, Moniuszko, Marcin, Montefort, Stephen, Moreira, Andre, Moreno, Pablo, Mullol, Joaquim, Nadif, Rachel, Nakonechna, Alla, Navarro-Locsin, Cecilia Gretchen, Neffen, Hugo E., Nekam, Kristof, Niedoszytko, Marek, Nunes, Elizabete, Nyembue, Dieudonné, O’Hehir, Robyn, Ollert, Markus, Ohta, Ken, Okamoto, Yoshitaka, Okubo, Kimihiro, Olze, Heidi, Padukudru, Mahesh Anand, Palomares, Oscar, Pali-Schöll, Isabella, Panzner, Petr, Palosuo, Kati, Park, Hae S., Passalacqua, Giovanni, Patella, Vincenzo, Pawankar, Ruby, Pétré, Benoît, Pitsios, Constantinos, Plavec, Davor, Popov, Todor A., Puggioni, Francesca, Quirce, Santiago, Raciborski, Filip, Ramonaité, Agné, Recto, Marysia, Repka-Ramirez, Susana, Roberts, Graham, Robles-Velasco, Karla, Roche, Nicolas, Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Monica, Romualdez, Joel A., Rottem, Menachem, Rouadi, Philip W., Salapatas, Marianella, Sastre, Joaquin, Serpa, Faradiba S., Sayah, Zineb, Scichilone, Nicola, Senna, Gianenrico, Sisul, Juan Carlos, Solé, Dirceu, Soto-Martinez, Manuel E., Sova, Milan, Sozinova, Olga, Stevanovic, Katarina, Ulrik, Charlotte Suppli, Szylling, Anna, Tan, Frances M., Tantilipikorn, Pongsakorn, Todo-Bom, Ana, Tomic-Spiric, Vesna, Tsaryk, Vladyslav, Tsiligianni, Ioanna, Urrutia-Pereira, Marilyn, Rostan, Marylin Valentin, Sofiev, Mikhail, Valovirta, Erkka, Van Eerd, Michiel, Van Ganse, Eric, Vasankari, Tuula, Vichyanond, Pakit, Viegi, Giovanni, Wallace, Dana, Wang, De Yun, Waserman, Susan, Wong, Gary, Worm, Margitta, Yusuf, Osman M., Zaitoun, Fares, and Zidarn, Mihaela

Abstract

The traditional health care model is focused on diseases (medicine and natural science) and does not acknowledge patients’ resources and abilities to be experts in their own life based on their lived experiences. Improving health care safety, quality, and coordination, as well as quality of life, is an important aim in the care of patients with chronic conditions. Person-centered care needs to ensure that people’s values and preferences guide clinical decisions. This paper reviews current knowledge to develop (1) digital care pathways for rhinitis and asthma multimorbidity and (2) digitally enabled, person-centered care.1It combines all relevant research evidence, including the so-called real-world evidence, with the ultimate goal to develop digitally enabled, patient-centered care. The paper includes (1) Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA), a 2-decade journey, (2) Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE), the evidence-based model of guidelines in airway diseases, (3) mHealth impact on airway diseases, (4) from guidelines to digital care pathways, (5) embedding Planetary Health, (6) novel classification of rhinitis and asthma, (7) embedding real-life data with population-based studies, (8) the ARIA-EAACI (European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology) strategy for the management of airway diseases using digital biomarkers, (9) artificial intelligence, (10) the development of digitally enabled, ARIA person-centered care, and (11) the political agenda. The ultimate goal is to propose ARIA 2024 guidelines centered around the patient to make them more applicable and sustainable.

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2024
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6. Poor rhinitis and asthma control is associated with decreased health-related quality-of-life and utilities: A MASK-air study

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Vieira, Rafael José, Leemann, Lucas, Briggs, Andrew, Pereira, Ana Margarida, Savouré, Marine, Kuna, Piotr, Morais-Almeida, Mário, Bewick, Michael, Azevedo, Luís Filipe, Louis, Renaud, Klimek, Ludger, Bahbah, Farah, Samolinski, Boleslaw, Anto, Josep M., Zuberbier, Torsten, Fonseca, João A., Bousquet, Jean, Sousa-Pinto, Bernardo, Czarlewski, Wienczyslawa, Bedbrook, Anna, Haahtela, Tari, Canonica, G Walter, Costa, Elisio M., Kupczyk, Maciej, Kvedariene, Violeta, Kulus, Marek, Larenas-Linnemann, Désirée E., Pfaar, Oliver, Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G., Pham-Thi, Nhân, Regateiro, Frederico S., Roche, Nicolas, Sastre, Joaquin, Scichilone, Nicola, Taborda-Barata, Luis, Valiulis, Arunas, Yorgancioglu, Arzu, Ventura, Maria Teresa, Almeida, Rute, Amaral, Rita, Ansotegui, Ignacio J., Bergmann, Karl C., Bosnic-Anticevich, Sinthia, Braido, Fulvio, Brussino, Luisa, Cardona, Victoria, Cecchi, Lorenzo, Loureiro, Claudia Chaves, Cingi, Cemal, Cruz, Alvaro A., Fokkens, Wytske J., de Vries, Govert, Gemicioglu, Bilun, Giuliana, Antonio FM., Linuma, Tomohisa, Ivancevich, Juan Carlos, Jácome, Cristina, Kaidashev, Igor, Kraxner, Helga, Laune, Daniel, Louis, Gilles, Lourenço, Olga, Makela, Mika, Makris, Michael, Mösges, Ralph, Maurer, Marcus, Mullol, Joaquim, Nadif, Rachel, Niedoszytko, Marek, O’Hehir, Robyn, Okamoto, Yoshitaka, Ollert, Markus, Olze, Heidi, Patella, Vincenzo, Pétré, Benoit, Puggioni, Francesca, Romantowski, Jan, Rouadi, Philip W., Reitsma, Sietze, Rivero-Yeverino, Daniela, Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Monica, Sá-Sousa, Ana, Serpa, Faradiba S., Shamji, Mohamed H., Sheikh, Aziz, Ulrik, Charlotte Suppli, Sofiev, Mikhail, Sova, Milan, Sperl, Annette, Todo-Bom, Ana, Tomazic, Peter V., Toppila-Salmi, Sanna, Tsiligianni, Ioanna, Valovirta, Erkka, van Eerd, Michiel, Zidarn, Mihaela, Blain, Hubert, Boulet, Louis-Philippe, Brusselle, Guy, Buhl, Roland, Charpin, Denis, Casale, Thomas, Chivato, Tomas, Correia-de-Sousa, Jaime, Corrigan, Christopher, de Blay, Frédéric, Del Giacco, Stefano, Devillier, Philippe, Dykewicz, Mark, Fiocchi, Alessandro, Giovannini, Mattia, Jassem, Ewa, Jutel, Marek, Keil, Thomas, La Grutta, Stefania, Lipworth, Brian, Papi, Alberto, Pépin, Jean-Louis, Quirce, Santiago, Cordeiro, Carlos Robalo, Torres, Maria J., and Usmani, Omar S.

Abstract

Allergic rhinitis (AR) and asthma may impact health-related quality-of-life. However, national estimates on the quality-of-life of patients with AR or asthma are lacking.

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2024
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7. Sensitization to grass allergens: Phl p1, Phl p5 and Phl p7 Phl p12 in adult and children patients in Beja (Southern Portugal)

Author

Almeida, Elsa, Caeiro, Elsa, Todo-Bom, Ana, Duarte, Ana, and Gazarini, Luiz

Abstract

In Portugal, the pollen types most implicated in respiratory allergy are grasses, olive and parietaria. The knowledge of sensitizations to molecular allergens in children and adults can contribute to better diagnosis and treatment of this pathology.

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2019
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8. Níveis atmosféricos de esporos de Alternaria e Cladosporium na cidade de Beja e seu envolvimento na doença alérgica respiratória.

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Almeida, Elsa, Caeiro, Elsa, Todo-Bom, Ana, Gazarini, Luiz, and Duarte, Ana

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2017

9. Purification of a novel aminopeptidase from the pollen of Parietaria judaica that alters epithelial integrity and degrades neuropeptides.

Author

Cortes, Luísa, Carvalho, Ana Luísa, Todo-Bom, Ana, Faro, Carlos, Pires, Euclides, and Veríssimo, Paula

Subjects
NEUROTRANSMITTERS, INFLAMMATORY mediators, PROTEIN analysis, AMINOPEPTIDASES
Abstract

Background: Parietaria judaica pollen is a common cause of pollinosis in the Mediterranean area. Objective: This study sought to purify and characterize the peptidase responsible for the majority of proteolytic activity present in the pollen extract of P judaica, and to investigate its contribution to the allergic response. Methods: A serial of chromatographic steps was applied to isolate the peptidase from P judaica''s pollen, and its biochemical properties were determined. Bioactive peptides present in the airways were incubated with the peptidase, and their degradation was visualized by direct protein sequencing. In addition, we measured the cellular detachment, by methylene blue binding assay, of an airway-derived epithelial cell line (A549) in the presence of the peptidase, and visualized, by Western blot, the degradation of proteins from intercellular junctions. Results: We purified a 98-kDa peptidase from the pollen of P judaica that was classified as an aminopeptidase on the basis of its biochemical properties and internal amino acid sequence. The aminopeptidase was able to degrade bioactive peptides. Moreover, the aminopeptidase caused cellular detachment of A549 cell line and degradation of occludin and E-cadherin. Conclusion: Our results suggest that the P judaica aminopeptidase can alter the integrity of the epithelium barrier by degrading occludin as well as E-cadherin. In addition, P judaica aminopeptidase can degrade bioactive peptides, which can exacerbate the overall bronchoconstrictive effect detected in asthmatic lungs. Clinical implications: The novel aminopeptidase described here could constitute a relevant therapeutic target in the treatment of allergic disorders induced by the pollen of P judaica. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

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2006
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10. A intervenção da célula epitelial na asma

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Pinto, Anabela Mota and Todo-Bom, Ana

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Faz-se uma revisão da intervenção da célula epitelial brônquica na fisiopatologia da asma. O epitélio que reveste as vias respiratórias actua como uma barreira física, separando o meio externo do meio interno pul-monar, controla a permeabilidade intercelular e transcelular, e, deste modo, a acessibilidade dos agressores inalantes às células apresentadoras de antigénio en-volvidas na resposta imunoinflamatória. As células epiteliais unidas por tight junctionscontribuem para a integridade das vias aéreas e expressam poliovirus re-ceptor–related protein(PRR), toll like receptors(TLR) e protease-activated receptors(PAR), que reconhecem agentes bacterianos e alergénios. A sua disfunção transforma-as em fonte de mediadores intervenientes na inflamação.

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2009
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11. Avaliação da inflamação das vias aéreas. Vias áreas superiores e compartimento broncopulmonar

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Geraldes, Luísa, Todo-Bom, Ana, and Loureiro, Carlos

Abstract

Faz-se uma revisão sobre métodos de avaliação da inflamação nas vias aéreas que contribuam para o diag-nóstico, terapêutica e prognóstico de patologias como a rinossinusite e a asma. Serão também considerados métodos susceptíveis de fornecer informação relevante sobre inflamação na DPOC.

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2009
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12. A intervenção da célula epitelial na asma

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Mota Pinto, Anabela and Todo-Bom, Ana

Abstract

Faz-se uma revisão da intervenção da célula epitelial brônquica na fisiopatologia da asma. O epitélio que reveste as vias respiratórias actua como uma barreira física, separando o meio externo do meio interno pulmonar, controla a permeabilidade intercelular e transcelular, e, deste modo, a acessibilidade dos agressores inalantes às células apresentadoras de antigénio envolvidas na resposta imunoinflamatória. As células epiteliais unidas por tight junctionscontribuem para a integridade das vias aéreas e expressam poliovirus receptor– related protein(PRR), toll like receptors (TLR) e protease-activated receptors(PAR), que reconhecem agentes bacterianos e alergénios. A sua disfunção transforma-as em fonte de mediadores intervenientes na inflamação.

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2009
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13. Avaliação da inflamação das vias aéreas. Vias áreas superiores e compartimento broncopulmonar

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Geraldes, Luísa, Todo-Bom, Ana, Loureiro, Carlos, and Pinto, Mota

Abstract

Faz-se uma revisão sobre métodos de avaliação da inflamação nas vias aéreas que contribuam para o diagnóstico, terapêutica e prognóstico de patologias como a rinossinusite e a asma. Serão também considerados métodos susceptíveis de fornecer informação relevante sobre inflamação na DPOC.

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2009
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15. Mobile technology offers novel insights into the control and treatment of allergic rhinitis: The MASK study.

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Bédard, Annabelle, Basagaña, Xavier, Anto, Josep M., Garcia-Aymerich, Judith, Devillier, Philippe, Arnavielhe, Sylvie, Bedbrook, Anna, Onorato, Gabrielle L., Czarlewski, Wienczyslawa, Murray, Ruth, Almeida, Rute, Fonseca, Joao, Costa, Elisio, Malva, Joao, Morais-Almeida, Mario, Pereira, Ana Margarida, Todo-Bom, Ana, Menditto, Enrica, Stellato, Cristiana, and Ventura, Maria Teresa

Abstract

Mobile health can be used to generate innovative insights into optimizing treatment to improve allergic rhinitis (AR) control. A cross-sectional real-world observational study was undertaken in 22 countries to complement a pilot study and provide novel information on medication use, disease control, and work productivity in the everyday life of patients with AR. A mobile phone app (Allergy Diary , which is freely available on Google Play and Apple stores) was used to collect the data of daily visual analogue scale (VAS) scores for (1) overall allergic symptoms; (2) nasal, ocular, and asthma symptoms; (3) work; and (4) medication use by using a treatment scroll list including all allergy medications (prescribed and over-the-counter) customized for 22 countries. The 4 most common intranasal medications containing intranasal corticosteroids and 8 oral H 1 -antihistamines were studied. Nine thousand one hundred twenty-two users filled in 112,054 days of VASs in 2016 and 2017. Assessment of days was informative. Control of days with rhinitis differed between no (best control), single (good control for intranasal corticosteroid–treated days), or multiple (worst control) treatments. Users with the worst control increased the range of treatments being used. The same trend was found for asthma, eye symptoms, and work productivity. Differences between oral H 1 -antihistamines were found. This study confirms the usefulness of the Allergy Diary in accessing and assessing behavior in patients with AR. This observational study using a very simple assessment tool (VAS) on a mobile phone had the potential to answer questions previously thought infeasible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2019
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16. Reply.

Author

Loureiro, Cláudia Chaves, Bousquet, Jean, Todo Bom, Ana, and Rocha, Sílvia M.

Published
2014
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