When I entered the field of allergy in the early 1970s, the standard textbook was a few hundred pages, and the specialty was so compact that texts were often authored entirely by a single individual and were never larger than one volume. Compare this with Allergy Frontiers: Epigenetics, Allergens, and Risk Factors, the present s- volume text with well over 150 contributors from throughout the world. This book captures the explosive growth of our specialty since the single-author textbooks referred to above. The unprecedented format of this work lies in its meticulous attention to detail yet comprehensive scope. For example, great detail is seen in manuscripts dealing with topics such as “Exosomes, naturally occurring minimal antigen presenting units” and “Neuropeptide S receptor 1 (NPSR1), an asthma susceptibility gene.” The scope is exemplified by the unique approach to disease entities normally dealt with in a single chapter in most texts. For example, anaphylaxis, a topic usually confined to one chapter in most textbooks, is given five chapters in Allergy Frontiers. This approach allows the text to employ multiple contributors for a single topic, giving the reader the advantage of being introduced to more than one vi- point regarding a single disease.
Author(s): U. Wahn (auth.), Ruby Pawankar, Stephen T. Holgate, Lanny J. Rosenwasser (eds.)
Series: Allergy Frontiers 1
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 442
Tags: Allergology; Immunology
Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
The Allergy Epidemic: A Look into the Future....Pages 3-15
Is the Prevalence of Allergy Continuously Increasing?....Pages 17-31
Allergy: A Burden for the Patient and for the Society....Pages 33-46
Epidemiology of Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis....Pages 49-78
Epidemiology of Pediatric Asthma....Pages 79-89
Epidemiology of Occupational Asthma....Pages 91-105
Epidemiology of Asthma Mortality....Pages 107-122
Epidemiology of Anaphylaxis....Pages 123-144
Epidemiology and Food Hypersensitivity....Pages 145-159
Genetics of Asthma and Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness....Pages 161-187
Genetics of Pediatric Asthma....Pages 189-203
Genetic and Molecular Regulation of β 2 -Adrenergic Receptors....Pages 205-225
Genetics of Hypersensitivity....Pages 227-238
Functional Genomics of Allergic Diseases....Pages 239-251
Genetic Markers for Differentiating Aspirin-Hypersensitivity....Pages 253-262
Molecular Biology of Allergens: Structure and Immune Recognition....Pages 265-289
Role of Allergens in Airway Disease and Their Interaction with the Airway Epithelium....Pages 291-309
Sensitisation to Airborne Environmental Allergens: What Do We Know and What are the Problems?....Pages 311-324
The Immunological Basis of the Hygiene Hypothesis....Pages 325-348
Early Sensitization and Development of Allergic Airway Disease—Risk Factors and Predictors: Is the Adult Responder Phenotype Determined during Early Childhood?....Pages 351-369
T Cell Responses to the Allergens and Association with Different Wheezing Phenotypes in Children....Pages 371-386
Indoor Air Pollution and Airway Disease....Pages 387-401
Impact of Tobacco Smoke on Asthma and Allergic Disease....Pages 403-425
Socioeconomic Status and Asthma in Children....Pages 427-440
Back Matter....Pages 441-442
