Immune Response to Allergens
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Cellular Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 277
Special Issue Editor
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Allergy is one of the most common chronic conditions with dramatically increasing prevalence wordwide (varies between 10% and 40% of the population), caused by an imbalance of the immune response. The immune system is substantial for maintaining homeostasis and normally plays a specific role in defending organisms against diverse antigens. However, some biomolecules may act as allergens, overstimulate the immune system, and induce inflammatory reactions. The manifestation of these allergen-induced reactions may cause a variety of clinical symptoms, from allergic rhinitis, asthma, food allergy, etc., to a systemic, life-threatening allergic reaction—anaphylaxis. This is why discovering the exact protein that may lead to allergy and a detailed understanding of specific allergen-induced immune responses are crucial for the development of novel diagnostic and personalized treatment modalities.
In this Special Issue of Biomolecules, we invite researchers, as well as clinicians working in the field of allergen-induced reactions, to share their most recent data. Original research and/or review articles that describe immune mechanisms caused by allergens, the newest diagnostic tools, and allergen-based approaches of immunomodulation are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Brigita Gradauskiene
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- allergy
- immune response
- allergen
- sensitization
- molecular allergology
- diagnostics
- specific immunotherapy
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