Allergen-specific immunotherapy: current concepts and future directions.

The author reflects on the current and future concepts of immunological mechanisms of allergen-specific immunotherapy, an effective treatment for immunoglobulin E (IgE) mediated allergic diseases. According to the author, allergen-specific immunotherapy strategy aims to improve efficacy and safety of the causative therapy to benefit allergic patients. The author suggests that there is growing evidence that the development on the use of allergen-specific immunotherapy is expected to move on.