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FOREWORD

Dear Colleagues!
This volume of “Advances in Immunopathology & Respiratory Allergy” presents you a selection of reports delivered at the III World Congress on Immunopathology and Respiratory Allergy organized by the World Immunopathology Organization (WIPO) in Pattaya, Thailand on February 5-8, 2005.
The problem of allergy, asthma and immunopathology is of global character. Every year the prevalence rate of this pathology is increasing both in adult and children population. The life longevity is diminishing while the quantity of chronic cases and recurrency rate rise sharply. The same is true for the mortality rate of patients with such pathology. That is why, development and implementation of new diagnostics and treatment methods is crucial in this situation. They would not only reduce the recurrency rate, these novel methods would also increase the remission duration. It is one of the most vital problem of contemporary medicine. Advances of modern medical science as well as concerted efforts of various specialists – allergologists, immunologists, pediatricians, pulmonologists, specialists in cellular and molecular biology, etc. – would contribute a lot to solve these problems.
The world’s leading experts from Europe, Asia, America and Australia in the field of allergy, asthma and immunopathology accepted our invitation and attended the III World Congress on Immunopathology and Respiratory Allergy. Some of their reports presented at the Congress are published in this volume.
I sincerely hope that these papers will allow you to obtain new information on the recent advances in the basic knowledge and clinical management of allergy, asthma and immunopathology.

Professor Revaz Sepiashvili, MD, PhD
President of the World Immunopathology Organization (WIPO)
 

INDEX

Immunological Mechanisms in Sublingual Immunotherapy (SLIT): What Do We Know?
P.C. Potter

Sublingual Immunotherapy in Respiratory Allergy
G.W. Canonica, M. Penagos and G. Passalacqua

Allergenic Pollen and Urban Air Pollution in the Mediterranean Area
G. D’Amato, G. Liccardi and M. D’Amato

Role of SCD23 on Regulation of IgE in the Atopic Patients
A. Massoud, R. Farid Hosseini, M. Massoud and A.H. Massoud

Coenzyme Q10 Supplementary Therapy Decreased Corticoid Consumption in Patients with Bronchial Asthma
F. Gazdík, A. Gvozdjáková, J. Kuchárska, Z. Kucháriková, E. Jahnová and K. Gazdíková

The Efficacy of Quantum Therapy at Bronchial Asthma
N. Ostronosova

Asthmatics of Difficult Control: Salbutamol or Formoterol?
N. Martínez-Aguilar, N. Herrera-González,
V. Pérez-Alvarez, C. Castillo-Henkel, R. Mendoza, M.A. Meraz-Ríos and C. Villanueva

Immune-Hematological Lung-Echinoccosis Patients’ Monitoring Criterias
S.A. Pleskanovskaya and A. Berkeliyeva

Activation of IKK-IkB-NF-kB Pathway Mediates IgE + Antigen-induced TNF Production by Mast Cells
Y. Peng, M.R. Power, B. Li and T.J. Lin

Dilemma of Allergy Testing: Diagnosing Allergic Diseases by In Vitro Allergy Tests
H. Nolte

Natural Killers and Biogenic Amines
R.I. Sepiashvili and I.P. Balmasova

PPARgamma Activators Modulate Cytokine Release and Receptor Expression on Human Immune Effector Cells Stimulus Dependent
R. Arnold, W. König and B. König

Influence of Exogenous Nitrogen Oxides on Structural and Functional Reconstructions of Blood
T.E. Shumilova, A.D. Nozdrachev, V.I. Shereshkov and I.N. Yanvareva

Myelopeptides and Immune Status
R.V. Petrov, A.A. Mikhailova and L.A. Fonina

Chronic Venous Insufficiency and Peripheral Leukocytes of Patients Are Primed or Activated
E. Jahnová, S. Ilavská, M. Horvathová, M. Hanzelová, V. Stvrtinová and M. Ferencik

Atopy in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C (Pilot Study)
F. Gazdík, K. Koncová, A. Krátky, M.R. Piják, A. Chovancová and K. Gazdíková

INF-a & Ribavirin Therapy Decrease the Levels of Soluble Adhesion Molecules in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C
F. Gazdík, E. Jahnová, M.R. Pijak, A. Tomaskovičová and K. Gazdíková

The Role of Microbial Infection in the Pathogenesis of Atopic Dermatitis
A. Kapp, K. Breuer and T. Werfel

Clinical Autoimmunity in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Its Specific Features
A. Khitrov, E. Ogneva, Z. Shogenov, N. Kekenadze, E. Kalinina, M. Zemtsova,
K. Maltsev and S. Suchkov

Autoantibodies Against Alpha-Fodrin in Patients with Sjögren’s Syndrome
M. Zeher, I. Csípo, Gy. Bacskó and A. Szántó

Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Patients with Basal Cell Cancer
A. Dorofeev, E. Tretyak,
S. Alentyeva, Chelyukanova, E. Snarskaya, N. Gnuchev and S. Suchkov

Regulation of Oral Fluid Homeostasis in Patients with Non-carious Tooth-lesion
N.I. Ershova, L.A. Kruchinina and L.V. Kucherova