1. COVID-19-vaccination in patients receiving allergen immunotherapy (AIT) or biologics - EAACI recommendations
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Hans Jürgen Hoffmann, Andrea Matucci, Anna Kosowska, Aslı Gelincik, Luis Perez de Llano, Oliver Pfaar, Mario Cazzola, Kari Nadeau, Milena Sokolowska, Alessandra Vultaggio, Eva Untersmayr, Oscar Palomares, Jean-Christoph Roger J-P Caubet, Anna Sediva, Isabel Skypala, Rosan Meyer, Davide Firinu, Montserrat Fernandez-Rivas, Sevim Bavbek, Ronald van Ree, Thomas Eiwegger, Domingo Barber Hernández, Alexia Chatzipetrou, Jonathan Corren, Elizabeth Palmer, Musa Khaitov, Mohamed H. Shamji, Vera Mahler, Oliver Price, Vibeke Backer, Magdalena Zemelka-Wiacek, Cezmi A. Akdis, Florin-Dan Popescu, Margitta Worm, Victoria Del Pozo, Alberto Alvarez-Perea, Annick Barbaud, Sylwia Smolinska, Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber, Job van Boven, Audrey DunnGalvin, Motohiro Ebisawa, Tomas Chivato, Gunter J. Sturm, André Moreira, Mubeccel Akdis, Barbara Rogala, Ludger Klimek, Ioana Agache, María José Torres, Marek Jutel, Matteo Bonini, Radoslaw Gawlik, Jolanta Walusiak-Skorupa, Marina Atanaskovic-Markovic, Montserrat Alvaro, Stefan Vieths, Stefano Del Giacco, Sarita Patil, Alexandra F. Santos, A. Cianferoni, Charlotte G. Mortz, Antonino Romano, Giorgio Walter Canonica, Sergio Bonini, Antti Lauerma, Hideaki Morita, Knut Brockow, and Frédéric De Blay
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Allergen immunotherapy ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Allergy ,biology ,business.industry ,Immunoglobulin E ,medicine.disease ,Vaccination ,Immune system ,Pandemic ,biology.protein ,medicine ,In patient ,Intensive care medicine ,business ,Asthma - Abstract
Immune modulation is a key therapeutic tool for allergic diseases and asthma. It can be achieved in an antigen-specific way via allergen immunotherapy (AIT) or in endotype-driven approach using biologicals that target the major pathways of the type 2 (T2) immune response: IgE, IL-5 and IL-4/IL-13. COVID-19 vaccine provides an excellent opportunity to tackle the global pandemics and is currently being applied in an accelerated rhythm worldwide. It works as well through immune modulation. Thus, as there is an obvious interference between these treatment modalities recommendations on how they should be applied in sequence are expected. The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) gathered an outstanding expert panel under its Research and Outreach Committee (ROC). This expert panel was called to evaluate the evidence and formulate recommendation on the administration of COVID-19 vaccine in patients with allergic diseases and asthma receiving AIT or biologicals. The panel also formulated recommendations for COVID-19 vaccine in association with biologicals targeting the type 1 or type 3 immune response. In formulating recommendations, the panel evaluated the mechanisms of COVID-19 infection, of COVID-19 vaccine, of AIT and of biologicals and considered the data published for other anti-infectious vaccines administered concurrently with AIT or biologicals.
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- 2021
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