Landmark Papers in Allergy: Seminal Papers in Allergy with Expert Commentaries

by Aziz Sheikh (Editor), Thomas Platts-Mills (Editor), Allison Worth (Editor)

Overview

The increasing incidence and prevalence of allergic disease worldwide is one of the most remarkable phenomena of the past 50 years. One in three people in developed countries will experience an allergic condition at some point in their lives and advances in understanding the causes of this trend, and in allergy treatment and care, have captured the imagination of scientists, clinicians and the public. Landmark Papers in Allergy is a definitive collection of over 90 papers charting key discoveries and scientific advances in relation to allergy and the development of treatment and care for allergic disorders. Comprehensive in its coverage, the book includes the first clear descriptions of allergic diseases; the major advances in treatments, such as the discovery of antihistamines, cortisone, biological therapies and immunotherapy; the great immunological advances, such as the discovery of immunoglobulin E (IgE) and leukotrienes; the possible factors behind the increase in allergy, such as the house dust mite, changes in hygiene and diet; and the growing understanding of the social, psychological and quality-of-life consequences of allergy. Including authoritative commentaries from leading international experts providing reflections on the historical importance and current relevance of each landmark paper, Landmark papers in Allergy is essential reading for any clinician or academic with an interest in allergy.

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ISBN-13:	9780191663376
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	02/28/2013
Series:	Landmark Papers in
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About the Author

Aziz Sheikh trained in Physiology and Medicine, graduating from UCL, Londonn in 1990 and 1993. After completing his training in general practice, he decided to specialise in the field of epidemiology. He has held academic posts in the Departments of Primary Health Care&General Practice at Imperial College, London and Public Health Sciences at St George's Hospital Medical School, London. He has since August 2003 held the post of Chair in Primary Care Research&Development in the Centre for Population Health Sciences at The University of Edinburgh. He is an Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Allergy in NHS Lothian. His major research interest is in studying the epidemiology and primary care management of asthma and allergic disorders, and he has published extensively in this area. Tom Platts-Mills is Professor of Medicine and Microbiology in the School of Medicine at the University of Virginia. He is a graduate of Balliol College, Oxford, and St. Thomas Hospital Medical School. He carried out a fellowship in allergy and immunology at Johns Hopkins University, working in the laboratory of Dr. Kimishige Ishizaka. From 1974-1982, he worked for the Medical Research Council at Northwick Park and completed his PhD in 1982 at London University. Since 1982, he has been head of the Division of Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology at the University of Virginia. He served as president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI) from 2006 to 2007. He has researched the immune response to a range of allergens, including those from pollens, dust mites, the fungus Trichophyton, and domestic cats. In 2010, Dr. Platts-Mills was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Allison Worth trained as a nurse and worked in hospital and community settings and as a lecturer in nursing before undertaking a PhD and specialising in qualitative research. She currently manages the Allergy and Respiratory Research Group at The University of Edinburgh. Her research interests are in patient, family and health professional experiences of long-term illness and healthcare.

Table of Contents

SECTION I: 1800-18991. Did Bostock Discover Allergic Rhinitis?, Jean Bousquet and Pascal Demoly2 Early Insights into the Characteristics of Asthma, Gailen D. Marshall, Jr.3 Identifying Asthma Triggers, Gailen D. Marshall, Jr.4. Innovative Experiments Which Helped to Unravel the Aetiological Basis of Hay Fever, Aziz Sheikh5. Asthma Enters the Medical Mainstream, Brian HurwitzSECTION II: 1900-19496. What's in a Name? First Use of the Term 'Allergy', Barry Kay7. An Innovative Treatment for Food Allergy, Gideon Lack8. Laying the Foundation for Specific Immunotherapy, Glennis Scadding9. Celebrating the Case Study: Schloss' Description of Atopic Dermatitis, Torsten Zuberbier10. Richet's Nobel Lecture, Phil Lieberman11. A Serendipitous Discovery, Madeleine Ennis12. Cooke's Early Insights into the Potentially Curative Role of Immunotherapy for Hay Fever, Anthony J Frew and Helen E Smith13. . Does Eczema Have an Allergic Aetiology?, Michael Ardern-Jones14. ...and What about Angioedema and Urticaria?, Michael Ardern-Jones15. Prausnitz, Kustner and the First Diagnostic Test for Allergy, Jonathan Brostoff and A. William Frankland16. Introducing Atopy, Harold S. Nelson17. Ephedra - Laying the Foundations for Modern Autonomic Pharmacology, Munir Pirmohammed18. First Attempts to Unravel the Relationship between Diet and Allergy, Hasan Arshad19. Demonstrating Serological Changes Induced by Ragweed Extract, N. Franklin Adkinson Jr20. Bovet's Nobel Prize-winning Discovery of Antihistamines, Martin K Church and Marcus Maurer21. Identification of Slow-Reacting Substance, Sven-Erik Dahlen22. Oral Allergy Syndrome, Victoria Cardona and Ignacio J. AnsoteguiSECTION III: 1950-199923. In Praise of Famous Men: Early Cortisone Studies, Andrew Bush24. The Relationship between Mast Cells and Histamine, Michael Kaliner25. What Goes Round Comes Around: Developing Allergen Immunotherapy, Stephen R Durham26. Burnet, Clonal Selection Theory and Acquired Immunological Tolerance, Sarah Howie27. Slow-Reacting Substance of Anaphylaxis, Marc Peters-Golden28. Loveless and Wasp-venom Immunotherapy, Anthony Dubois29. Developing an Understanding of Mast Cell Biology, Stephen Wasserman30. Disodium Cromoglycate for Allergic Asthma, Alan Edwards31. Ancient Egyptian Soup for Treating Asthma: Cox and Intal, Anant Parekh32. RAST: The Iconic Test for Allergic Sensitisation, Shuaib Nasser33. The Discovery of IgE, Sami L Bahna34. Penicillin Allergy: A Model for Practical Clinical Translational Science, Lanny Rosenwasser35. Unravelling the Relationship between Dermatophagoides Pteronyssinus and Asthma, Angela Simpson36. The Gell and Coombs Classification, William W. Busse37. The Dawn of Molecular Allergology, Hannah Gould38. Immunotherapy Can Change the Natural History of Respiratory Allergy, Walter Canonica39. Anatomy of the Asthmatic Bronchi, Paul O'Byrne40. Identifying a Novel Cause of Occupational Allergy, Paul Cullinan and Anthony Newman Taylor41. Delayed Hypersensitivity to Pollen Allergens, Tom Platts-Mills42. Inhaled Beclomethasone Dipropionate: Stepping-up Asthma Care, Aziz Sheikh43. Challenging Notions of the "Atopic Personality", Thomas Ruzicka and Andreas Wollenberg44. Establishing and Investigating the Relationship between Food Allergy and Asthma, Graham Roberts45. The "Histamine-Inhalational Test", . Bruce R Thompson and Robyn E O'Hehir46. Allergic Reactions to Colloid Infusions-Another Chapter in the Colloid Debate, Jasmeet Soňar47. Total and Specific IgE and Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis, Paul Greenberger48. Immunotherapy for Venom Allergy Comes of Age, Richard F. Lockey49. Extending the Evidence for Immunotherapy to the Management of Children with House Dust Mite Triggered Asthma, Roy Gerth van Wijk50. Insights from Xhosa into Environmental Risk Factors for the Development of Asthma, Peter Burney51. Viral Infection, Allergic Sensitisation and Asthma, Jurgen Schwarze52. Immune Responses in Atopic Eczema, Johannes Ring and Ulf Darsow53. . Understanding the Relationship between Atopic Sensitisation and Airway Hyper-responsiveness in Asthma, Todor Popov54. Key Insights into the Relationship between Food Allergy and Atopic Dermatitis, Alessandro Fiocchi55. From Slow-Reacting Substance of Anaphylaxis to Anti-Leukotrienes, Frank Austen56. Once More unto the Breach: the Role of the Damaged Bronchial Epithelium in Asthma, Karl Staples and Ratko Djukanovic57. Management of Anaphylactic Shock, Simon Brown58. The Hygiene Hypothesis, Graham Devereux59. In Search of the Elixir for Childhood Allergy and Asthma, Diane Gold60. A New Way of Considering 'Quality of Life', Allison Worth61. Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis, Scott Sicherer62. Allergen Avoidance: The Isle of Wight Study, Sandra Kuiper and Constant P. van Schayck63. Introducing Sputum Counts, Parameswaran Nair64. Atopic Asthma is a TH2-cell Mediated Disease, David Ahern65. Investigating the Impact of Hay Fever on Educational Performance, Samantha M Walker66. Findings from an Early Peanut Immunotherapy Trial, Tomohiro Utsunomiya and Motohiro Ebisawa67. Auto-Immune Mechanisms in Chronic Urticaria, Young Min Ye and Hae-Sim Park68. Air Pollution, Mortality and the Need for Public Health Policy, Frank J Kelly69. The Geography of Asthma and Atopy: After the Berlin Wall Came Down, Seif Shaheen70. The Role of Animal Allergens in Allergic Disease, Judith Woodfolk71. The Natural History of Wheezing: the Tucson Cohort, Innes Asher and Julian R Vyas72. Measuring Food-Specific IgE Values, Stacy Chin and Wesley Burks73. Tuberculosis Exposure and Atopy, Mary Linehan74. The Inner-City Home Environment and Asthma, James Friedlander and Wanda Phipatanakul75. Mapping the Burden of Allergic Disease in Childhood: ISAAC, Carsten Flohr76. The Relationship between Obesity and Asthma, David Beuther77. The Emergence of Monoclonal Antibodies, Michael Daines and Wayne Morgan78. The Renaissance in Allergen Immunotherapy, John Warner79. Pet Exposure in Early Life and the Development of Allergy and Asthma, Somnath MukhopadhyaySECTION IV: 2000-201280. Predicting the Development of Childhood Asthma, Denis Ownby81. IL-5 Blocking Monoclonal Antibody, Andrew J Wardlaw82. Learning from Anaphylaxis Fatalities, Simon Brown83. Peanut Allergy and Quality of Life, Audrey DunnGalvin84. The Janus Face of Endotoxin: for Good and Bad?, Erika von Mutius85. Testing the 'Hygiene Hypothesis': Probiotics for the Primary Prevention of Atopic Eczema, Carlos Camargo86. The Impact of Food Allergy on Health-Related Quality of Life, Antonella Muraro87. Does Idiopathic Eosinophilic Esophagitis have an Allergic Aetiology?, Stephan Bischoff88. Dawn of the Genomic Age for Asthma, Ian M Adcock89. Endotoxins, Allergy and Tolerance, Malcolm Sears90. Inherited Skin-Barrier Defects and Risk of Developing 'Atopic' Eczema, William Cookson91. Anti-IgE: Biologicals Reach the Inner-cities, Ulrich Wahn92. Conclusions: From the 18th to the 21st Century, and Beyond..., Tom Platts-Mills, Allison Worth and Aziz Sheikh