Eosinophilic esophagitis: a review

A Muir, GW Falk - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory
disease of the esophagus that affects an estimated 34.4/100 000 people in Europe and …

Rhinitis associated with asthma is distinct from rhinitis alone: the ARIA‐MeDALL hypothesis

J Bousquet, E Melén, T Haahtela, GH Koppelman… - Allergy, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Asthma, rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis (AD) are interrelated clinical phenotypes that partly
overlap in the human interactome. The concept of “one‐airway‐one‐disease,” coined over …

[HTML][HTML] An esophagus cell atlas reveals dynamic rewiring during active eosinophilic esophagitis and remission

J Ding, JJ Garber, A Uchida, A Lefkovith… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Coordinated cell interactions within the esophagus maintain homeostasis, and disruption
can lead to eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), a chronic inflammatory disease with poorly …

Human germline heterozygous gain-of-function STAT6 variants cause severe allergic disease

M Sharma, D Leung, M Momenilandi… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - rupress.org
STAT6 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 6) is a transcription factor that plays a
central role in the pathophysiology of allergic inflammation. We have identified 16 patients …

Food allergy

H Renz, KJ Allen, SH Sicherer, HA Sampson… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2018 - nature.com
Food allergies manifest in a variety of clinical conditions within the gastrointestinal tract, skin
and lungs, with the most dramatic and sometimes fatal manifestation being anaphylactic …

Barrier epithelial cells and the control of type 2 immunity

H Hammad, BN Lambrecht - Immunity, 2015 - cell.com
Type-2-cell-mediated immunity, rich in eosinophils, basophils, mast cells, CD4+ T helper 2
(Th2) cells, and type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s), protects the host from helminth …

Thymic stromal lymphopoietin isoforms, inflammatory disorders, and cancer

G Varricchi, A Pecoraro, G Marone… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is a pleiotropic cytokine originally isolated from a
murine thymic stromal cell line. TSLP exerts its biological effects by binding to a high-affinity …

Eosinophilic esophagitis

GT Furuta, DA Katzka - New England Journal of Medicine, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
Eosinophilic esophagitis is an increasingly common diagnosis among children evaluated for
feeding problems and among adults with dysphagia and food impaction. This review …

Epithelial barrier repair and prevention of allergy

E Goleva, E Berdyshev, DYM Leung - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2019 - jci.org
Allergic diseases have in common a dysfunctional epithelial barrier, which allows the
penetration of allergens and microbes, leading to the release of type 2 cytokines that drive …

Eosinophil knockout humans: uncovering the role of eosinophils through eosinophil-directed biological therapies

EA Jacobsen, DJ Jackson, E Heffler… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The enigmatic eosinophil has emerged as an exciting component of the immune system,
involved in a plethora of homeostatic and inflammatory responses. Substantial progress has …