Volume 1 The Scientific Basis of Allergy
Part 1 Immunology of the Allergic Response
1 Allergy and Hypersensitivity: History and Concepts A. Barry Kay
2 Development of Allergy and Atopy Catherine Thornton and Patrick G. Holt
3 T Cells and Cytokines in Asthma and Allergic Inflammation Chris Corrigan
4 Regulatory T Cells and Other Tolerogenic Mechanisms in Allergy and Asthma Catherine Hawrylowicz and Cezmi A. Akdis
5 IgE and IgE Receptors Brian J. Sutton and Andrew J. Beavil and Rebecca L. Beavil and James Hunt
6 Immunoglobulin Gene Organization and Expression and Regulation of IgE Hannah J. Gould and David J. Fear
7 Environmental Factors in IgE Production Anne Tsicopoulos and Catherine Duez and Andrew Saxon
8 Antigen-presenting Dendritic Cells and Macrophages Bart N. Lambrecht and Hamida Hammad
9 Innate Immunity in Allergic Disease Ian Sabroe
10 Signal Transduction in Allergic and Inflammatory Cells Rafeul Alam
Part 2 Inflammatory Cells and Mediators
11 Mast Cells: Biological Properties and Role in Health and Allergic Diseases Peter Bradding and Glenn Cruse
12 Eosinophils: Biological Properties and Role in Health and Disease Simon P. Hogan and Helene F. Rosenberg and Redwan Moqbel and Simon Phipps and Paul S. Foster and Paige Lacy and A. Barry Kay and Marc E. Rothenberg
13 Neutrophils: Biological Properties and Role in Health and Allergic Diseases Alison M. Condliffe and Andrew S. Cowburn and Edwin R. Chilvers
14 Basophils: Biological Properties and Role in Allergic Diseases Gianni Marone and Giuseppe Spadaro and Arturo Genovese
15 Leukocyte Adhesion in Allergic Inflammation Michelle J. Muessel and Andrew J. Wardlaw
16 Airway Epithelium Pedro C. Avila and Robert P. Schleimer
17 Airway Vascularity in Asthma John W. Wilson
18 Fibroblasts and the Extracellular Matrix Lynne A. Murray and William G. Glass and Anuk M. Das and Geoffrey J. Laurent
19 Immune Complexes and Complement: Their Role in Host Defense and in Disease Michael M. Frank and C. Garren Hester
20 Bradykinin Pathways and Allergic Disease Allen P. Kaplan
21 Chemokines James E. Pease and Timothy J. Williams
22 Neurotrophins Wolfgang A. Nockher and Sanchaita Sonar and Harald Renz
23 Neuropeptides David A. Groneberg and Axel Fischer
24 Late-phase Allergic Reactions in Humans Yee-Ean Ong and A. Barry Kay
Part 3 Pharmacology
25 Antihistamines F. Estelle R. Simons and Keith J. Simons
26 Lipid Mediators: Leukotrienes, Prostanoids, Lipoxins, and Platelet-activating Factor Sophie P. Farooque and Jonathan P. Arm and Tak H. Lee
27 Theophylline and Isoenzyme-selective Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors Mark A. Giembycz
28 Adrenergic Agonists and Antagonists Tony R. Bai
29 Cholinergic Antagonists Nicholas J. Gross
30 Antileukotriene Agents Graeme P. Currie and Brian J. Lipworth
31 Glucocorticosteroids Peter J. Barnes
32 Immunomodulating Drugs Iain A.M. MacPhee
Part 4 Physiology
33 Physiologic Aspects of Asthma Philip W. Ind and Neil B. Pride
34 Aerosol Delivery Systems Thomas G. O脝Riordan and Gerald C. Smaldone
35 Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness Guy F. Joos
36 Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction: Animal Models Arthur N. Freed and Sandra D. Anderson
37 Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction: Human Models Arthur N. Freed and Sandra D. Anderson
38 Sensory and Autonomic Nervous System in Asthma and Rhinitis Bradley J. Undem and Kevin Kwong
39 Mucus and Mucociliary Clearance in Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis Duncan F. Rogers
40 Biology of Vascular Permeability Peter Clark
41 Airway Smooth Muscle Stuart J. Hirst
Part 5 Allergens
42 Biochemistry of Allergens and Recombinant Allergens Rudolf Valenta
43 Host Responses to Allergens Wayne R. Thomas and Belinda J. Hales
44 Allergen Extracts and Standardization Ronald van Ree
45 Grass, Tree, and Weed Pollen Jean Emberlin
46 Fungi as Allergens Cathryn C. Hassett and W. Elliott Horner and Estelle Levetin and Laurianne G. Wild and W. Edward Davis and Samuel B. Lehrer and John Lacey
47 Dust Mites and Asthma Thomas A.E. Platts-Mills and Judith A. Woodfolk
48 Animal Allergens Adnan Custovic and Angela Simpson
49 Airborne Allergens and Irritants in the Workplace Xaver Baur
50 Allergens from Stinging Insects: Ants, Bees, and Vespids Te Piao King and Rafael I. Monsalve
51 Cockroach Allergens, Environmental Exposure, and Asthma Martin D. Chapman and Anna Pom茅s
52 Food Allergens Ricki M. Helm and A. Wesley Burks
53 Latex Allergy Robyn E. O脝Hehir and Michael F. Sutherland and Alexander C. Drew and Jennifer M. Rolland
Part 6 Animal Models of Asthma
54 Primate Models of Allergic Asthma Charles G. Plopper and Suzette M. Smiley-Jewell and Lisa A. Miller and Michelle V. Fanucchi and Michael J. Evans and Alan R. Buckpitt and Mark V. Avdalovic and Laurel J. Gershwin and Jesse P. Joad and Radhika Kajekar and Shawnessy D. Larson|cKent E. Pinkerton and Laura S. Van Winkle and Edward S. Schelegle and Emily M. Pieczarka and Reen Wu and Dallas M. Hyde
55 Airway Remodeling in Small Animal Models Clare M. Lloyd
56 Are Animal Models of Asthma Useful? Reinhard Pabst
Index
Volume 2 Allergic Diseases: Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatment
Part 7 Etiology and Pathology
57 Genetics of Asthma and Atopic Dermatitis Saffron A.G. Willis-Owen and Miriam F. Moffatt and William O.C. Cookson
58 Epidemiology of Asthma, Atopy, and Atopic Disease Debbie L. Jarvis and Seif O. Shaheen and Peter Burney
59 The Allergy March Ulrich Wahn
60 Outdoor Air Pollution and Allergic Airway Disease Gennaro D脝Amato
61 Indoor Air Pollution Paul Harrison and Rebecca Slack and Sanjeev Bagga
62 Molecular Immunopathology of Allergic Disease Susan Foley and Qutayba Hamid
Part 8 Diagnosis of Allergic Disease
63 Principles and Practice of Diagnosis and Treatment of Allergic Disease Anthony J. Frew and A. Barry Kay
64 Skin Testing in Diagnosis and Management of Respiratory Allergic Diseases Pascal Demoly and Ana茂s Pipet and Jean Bousquet
65 Allergy Testing in the Laboratory Steven O. Stapel and J枚rg Kleine-Tebbe
66 Measurement of Markers of Inflammation in Induced Sputum and Exhaled Air Ian D. Pavord and Dominick E. Shaw
Part 9 Allergic Rhinoconjunctivitis and Immunotherapy
67 Definition and Classification of Allergic Rhinitis and Upper Airways Diseases Wytske Fokkens and Jean Bousquet
68 Pathophysiology of Allergic Rhinitis Peter H. Howarth
69 Management and Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis Jean Bousquet and Michael A. Kaliner
70 Nasal Polyps and Rhinosinusitis Wouter Huvenne and Paul Van Cauwenberge and Claus Bachert
71 Ocular Allergy Avinash Gurbaxani and Virginia L. Calder and Susan Lightman
72 Mechanisms in Allergen Injection Immunotherapy Stephen J. Till and Stephen R. Durham
73 Allergen Injection Immunotherapy: Indications and Practice Hans-J酶rgen Malling
74 Sublingual Immunotherapy G. Walter Canonica and Giovanni Passalacqua
75 Novel Approaches to Allergen Immunotherapy Mark Larch茅
Part 10 Asthma and its Treatment
76 Definition, Clinical Features, Investigations, and Differential Diagnosis of Asthma Piero Maestrelli and Gaetano Caramori and Francesca Franco and Leonardo M. Fabbri
77 Asthma in Infancy and Childhood John O. Warner
78 Pathogenesis of Asthma Stephen T. Holgate
79 Pathology of Asthma Peter K. Jeffery and A. Barry Kay and Qutayba Hamid
80 Management of Chronic Asthma Peter J. Barnes
81 Anti-IgE in Persistent Severe Allergic Asthma Marc Humbert and Stephen T. Holgate and Howard Fox and Jean Bousquet
82 Occupational Asthma Paul Cullinan and Anthony J. Newman Taylor
83 New Drugs for the Treatment of Allergy and Asthma Trevor T. Hansel and Ed Erin,Onn Min Kon and Peter J. Barnes
Part 11 Eosinophil-associated Disease and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
84 Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis Andr茅-Bernard Tonnel and St茅phanie Pouwels-Frys and Isabelle Tillie-Leblond
85 Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis/Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Michael C. Zacharisen and Jordan N. Fink
86 Pulmonary Eosinophilia Jean-Fran莽ois Cordier and Vincent Cottin
87 Hypereosinophilic Syndromes Hans-Uwe Simon
Part 12 Allergy and the Skin
88 Atopic Dermatitis Julia D. Proelss and Thomas Bieber
89 Contact Dermatitis David I. Orton and Carolyn M. Willis
90 Urticaria and Angioedema Allen P. Kaplan
91 Mastocytosis Nataliya M. Kushnir-Sukhov and Dean D. Metcalfe and Jamie A. Robyn
Part 13 Anaphylaxis and Allergy to Food and Drugs
92 Anaphylaxis M. Rosario Caballero and Stephen J. Lane and Tak H. Lee
93 Food Allergy and Eosinophilic Gastroenteropathies Scott H. Sicherer and Hugh A. Sampson
94 Drug Hypersensitivity Werner J. Pichler
95 Hypersensitivity to Aspirin and other NSAIDs Andrzej Szczeklik and Ewa NiLankowska-Mogilnicka and Marek Sanak
96 Insect Sting Allergy Ulrich R. M眉ller
Part 14 Prevention of Allergic Disease
97 Prevention of Allergic Disease Susan L. Prescott and Bengt Bj枚rkst茅n
98 Prevalence of Atopic Disorders in a Developing World: Pitfalls and Opportunities Maria Yazdanbakhsh and Taniawati Supali and Laura C. Rodrigues
Index