{"title":"The Impact of War on Asthma, a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: An EAACI Task Force Report.","authors":"João Cavaleiro Rufo,Inês Paciência,Marek Jutel,André Moreira,Isabella Annesi-Maesano,Hille Suojalehto,Magdalena Zemelka-Wiącek,Thulja Trikamjee,Semra Demir,Ibon Eguíluz-Gracia,Daniela Carvalho,Anaïs Backland,Josh Lawson","doi":"10.1111/all.70038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/all.70038","url":null,"abstract":"Wartime events have been followed by an increase in asthma prevalence, which is believed to result from a combination of environmental hazards and psychological trauma. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate this relationship by pooling available data on various wartime exposures, such as occupational, environmental, and psychological factors. MEDLINE, Scopus, and Cochrane databases were searched for articles that measure the effect of war-related exposures on asthma. Risk of bias was assessed using the Effective Public Health Practice Project tool. The retrieved effects were then used to fit meta-analytical models. A total of 48 studies, corresponding to 90 effect measures, were included. War-related post-traumatic stress disorder showed the strongest association with asthma outcomes (OR [95% CI] = 2.25 [1.04, 4.89]), followed by experiencing at least one life-threatening event (1.96 [1.18, 3.26]) and depression (1.56 [1.02, 2.37]). Although environmental exposures were also associated with an increased asthma risk in subgroup analysis (1.64 [1.32, 2.04]), this effect was mitigated when psychological variables were included in the models. The study's results show that wartime events and conflicts may increase asthma prevalence and outcomes associated with asthma. The management of asthma symptoms, lung function, and mental health seems fundamental in individuals who have experienced psychological trauma in war zones. Trial Registration: PROSPERO registration number: CRD42023444101.","PeriodicalId":122,"journal":{"name":"Allergy","volume":"62 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144962651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AllergyPub Date : 2025-09-04DOI: 10.1111/all.70050
{"title":"Through the Eyes of Children","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/all.70050","DOIUrl":"10.1111/all.70050","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":122,"journal":{"name":"Allergy","volume":"80 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145003163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AllergyPub Date : 2025-09-04DOI: 10.1111/all.70034
Aleksandr iAkushev,Piotr Szatkowski,Maria Vorobeva,Chien-Chang Chen,Elina Jerschow,Lucyna Mastalerz
{"title":"Omics in NSAID-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease: Current Evidence From the Upper and Lower Airways.","authors":"Aleksandr iAkushev,Piotr Szatkowski,Maria Vorobeva,Chien-Chang Chen,Elina Jerschow,Lucyna Mastalerz","doi":"10.1111/all.70034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/all.70034","url":null,"abstract":"Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID)-exacerbated respiratory disease (N-ERD) is a mainly type 2 inflammatory condition that combines asthma, nasal polyps, and hypersensitivity to NSAIDs. Its pathogenesis involves both upper and lower airways, yet most studies to date have examined these compartments separately. It remains unclear whether the molecular mechanisms in the nose, sinuses, and lungs are distinct or overlapping-an important gap, given that clinical manifestations of N-ERD involve both sites. In this review, we summarize available omics studies-transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and epigenomics-performed on upper and lower airways in patients with N-ERD. While omics approaches have revealed new molecular insights, comparisons across studies are limited by heterogeneity in design, controls, and methodology. We emphasize the need for integrated multi-omics analyses and standardized frameworks to better characterize the disease across airways. Such efforts are essential for identifying robust biomarkers and therapeutic targets and for moving toward a systems-level understanding of N-ERD.","PeriodicalId":122,"journal":{"name":"Allergy","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144995880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AllergyPub Date : 2025-09-04DOI: 10.1111/all.70025
Shawn J R Goh,Hovey H W Lu,Katherine E Scull,Kirti Pandey,Mohammadreza Dorvash,Kirsten Deckert,Robert Puy,Robyn E O'Hehir,Anthony W Purcell,Nicole A Mifsud,Patricia T Illing
{"title":"HLA-A*02:01 Presents Penicillin-Modified Cysteinylated Peptides for T Cell Recognition.","authors":"Shawn J R Goh,Hovey H W Lu,Katherine E Scull,Kirti Pandey,Mohammadreza Dorvash,Kirsten Deckert,Robert Puy,Robyn E O'Hehir,Anthony W Purcell,Nicole A Mifsud,Patricia T Illing","doi":"10.1111/all.70025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/all.70025","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUNDA subset of patients experience immune-mediated hypersensitivity reactions towards β-lactam antibiotics, with drug-specific T cells implicated as one of the causative factors. The principal mechanism is thought to involve chemical haptenation of self-peptides, resulting in novel peptide drug-adducts that may trigger T cell recognition. Understanding the interactions between the β-lactam drug, the T cell receptor (TCR) and the peptide/human leukocyte antigen (pHLA) complex is critical to gain further mechanistic insights into these hypersensitivity reactions. This study aimed to 1) explore the array of haptenated ligands presented by HLA-A*02:01, 2) evaluate the repertoire of T cells involved in penicillin-induced reactions in a hypersensitive patient and 3) determine if a dominant penicillin-specific TCR clonotype recognises haptenated HLA peptides.METHODAn immunopeptidomics approach was applied to identify benzylpenicillin (BP)-modified peptide ligands within the HLA-A*02:01 ligandome. The drug-reactive TCR repertoire was analysed by single-cell sequencing of CD8+ T cells expanded in the presence of BP, and the dominant TCR assayed for reactivity in a reporter cell line.RESULTWe report that BP modifies cysteine in preference to lysine residues within the HLA-A*02:01 immunopeptidome. This modification occurs via cysteine-drug conjugate formation, in conjunction with disulphide-mediated peptide modification, which has not previously been considered in the context of drug hypersensitivities. Furthermore, we demonstrate that a BP-specific TCR expanded from a patient reacts towards a reduction-sensitive epitope, consistent with a BP-cysteine adduct disulphide linked to a cysteine residue within the T cell epitope.CONCLUSIONOur study provides evidence that cysteine-penicillin adducts can be accommodated by HLA ligands with the potential to induce T cell-mediated allergic reactions.","PeriodicalId":122,"journal":{"name":"Allergy","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144962619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AllergyPub Date : 2025-09-02DOI: 10.1111/all.70030
Jafar Cain, Benjamin Hurrell, Omid Akbari
{"title":"The Expanding Role of ILC2s in Allergic Airways Disease","authors":"Jafar Cain, Benjamin Hurrell, Omid Akbari","doi":"10.1111/all.70030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/all.70030","url":null,"abstract":"Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) play a pivotal role in the initiation and propagation of allergic airways disease. These cells, first discovered 15 years ago, respond to a range of stimuli in a non‐antigen‐dependent manner. ILC2s produce copious amounts of cytokines including IL‐5 and IL‐13, which are critical in the pathogenesis of allergic asthma. While allergic airways diseases have long been considered T‐helper 2 cell‐driven diseases, ILC2s are capable of inducing allergic‐type pathologies in mice even in the absence of the adaptive immune system. The role of ILC2s in driving the pathology of allergic airways disease remains an expanding field of knowledge that may unlock novel therapeutic approaches in the management of asthma, a disease that affects up to 300 million people worldwide. In this review, we survey current knowledge of ILC2 immunobiology and present an overview of ILC2 phenotyping, concurrent with insights into ILC2 plasticity, and an exploration of the roles of costimulatory molecules, neuroendocrine signals, and diet‐derived nutrients in modulating ILC2 activity.","PeriodicalId":122,"journal":{"name":"Allergy","volume":"66 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144930322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AllergyPub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1111/all.16671
{"title":"Correction to “Basophil Activation Test is a Complementary Tool in the Diagnosis of Immediate Reactions to Platinum Salts and Taxanes”","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/all.16671","DOIUrl":"10.1111/all.16671","url":null,"abstract":"<p>G. Bogas, A. Ariza, P. Vázquez-Revuelta, et al. “Basophil Activation Test is a Complementary Tool in the Diagnosis of Immediate Reactions to Platinum Salts and Taxanes,” <i>Allergy</i> 80, no. 1 (2025): 271–286. https://doi.org/10.1111/all.16296.</p><p>We apologize for this mistake.</p>","PeriodicalId":122,"journal":{"name":"Allergy","volume":"80 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/all.16671","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144927921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AllergyPub Date : 2025-08-30DOI: 10.1111/all.70032
Eugenio De Corso, Claudio Montuori, Carlotta Pipolo, Ignazio La Mantia, Ernesto Pasquini, Angelo Ghidini, Veronica Seccia, Giancarlo Ottaviano, Elena Cantone, Giulia Dané, Massimiliano Garzaro, Gian Luca Fadda, Sara Torretta, Francesca Anastasi, Frank Rikki Mauritz Canevari, Fabio Pagella, Daniela Lucidi, Carlo Cavaliere, Giulio Pagliuca, Marianna Maffei, Francesco Bussu, Marco Corbò, Leandro Maria D Auria, Gabriele De Maio, Antonella Loperfido, Stefania Gallo, Giuseppe D Agostino, Diana Giannarelli, Jacopo Galli
{"title":"Two-Year Turning Point With Dupilumab in CRSwNP: Control, Remission, and Tapering Dosage.","authors":"Eugenio De Corso, Claudio Montuori, Carlotta Pipolo, Ignazio La Mantia, Ernesto Pasquini, Angelo Ghidini, Veronica Seccia, Giancarlo Ottaviano, Elena Cantone, Giulia Dané, Massimiliano Garzaro, Gian Luca Fadda, Sara Torretta, Francesca Anastasi, Frank Rikki Mauritz Canevari, Fabio Pagella, Daniela Lucidi, Carlo Cavaliere, Giulio Pagliuca, Marianna Maffei, Francesco Bussu, Marco Corbò, Leandro Maria D Auria, Gabriele De Maio, Antonella Loperfido, Stefania Gallo, Giuseppe D Agostino, Diana Giannarelli, Jacopo Galli","doi":"10.1111/all.70032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/all.70032","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Dupilumab is an effective treatment for severe, uncontrolled chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). Most real-life studies have been conducted on small patient cohorts for up to 1 year.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This ambispective, multicentric, 2-year-long study evaluated dupilumab effectiveness (including treatment response, disease control, and remission) and safety in severe, uncontrolled CRSwNP patients from the DUPIREAL Italian study centers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study involved 926 patients. At 24 months, median nasal polyp score (NPS), nasal obstruction visual analogue scale (VAS), Sino-nasal Outcome Test-22 (SNOT-22), and olfaction improved from baseline (all p < 0.0001). Patients with NPS > 4, and/or SNOT-22 > 30, and/or Sniffin' Sticks Identification Test-16 (SSIT-16) < 12 at 12 months demonstrated improvements in these outcomes over the second year. Overall, 18.7% of patients extended the dupilumab interdose interval to every 4 weeks (q4w). Notably, 91.2% of patients were \"good-to-excellent\" responders based on EPOS/Euforea criteria. Given the absence of standardized definitions for disease control and remission, we proposed different sets of criteria reporting results from different scenarios. Remission analysis is clinically important as it helps define treatment success and long-term therapeutic goals. Most adverse events were mild-to-moderate; 2.4% of patients discontinued treatment due to safety concerns.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This is the largest real-life study evaluating dupilumab in CRSwNP over 2 years. Dupilumab showed sustained effectiveness, with progressive improvements across all clinical outcomes. Dupilumab tapering did not compromise outcomes; treatment continuation allowed meaningful clinical benefits in late responders. Two-year rates of disease control and remission are clinically relevant, although standardized criteria to assess these outcomes are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":122,"journal":{"name":"Allergy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144937077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AllergyPub Date : 2025-08-30DOI: 10.1111/all.70017
Huey-Jy Huang, Robab Breyer-Kohansal, Katarzyna Niespodziana, Charmaine J M Lim, Marie-Kathrin Breyer, Rudolf Valenta, Sylvia Hartl
{"title":"Molecular IgE Sensitization Profiling With Micro-Arrayed Allergen Molecules in Adult Patients With Asthma From the LEAD Cohort: A Precision Medicine Approach.","authors":"Huey-Jy Huang, Robab Breyer-Kohansal, Katarzyna Niespodziana, Charmaine J M Lim, Marie-Kathrin Breyer, Rudolf Valenta, Sylvia Hartl","doi":"10.1111/all.70017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/all.70017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease comprising different pheno- and endotypes. Diagnostic tools for the identification of allergic versus non-allergic asthma are needed for new precision medicine-based treatments.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine IgE sensitization profiles to multiple micro-arrayed allergen molecules in adult patients with asthma in the Austrian LEAD (Lung, hEart, sociAl, boDy) cohort; to compare IgE- and non-IgE sensitized patients with asthma; and to define possible allergen-specific immunotherapy concepts for sensitized patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Out of 893 patients with a history of asthma, patients with current asthma (n = 436) were analyzed for IgE sensitizations to 110 micro-arrayed molecules from airborne and food allergen sources and by skin prick testing (SPT) with 10 allergen extracts (English plantain, mugwort, ragweed, timothy grass, ash tree, mites, dog, cat, Alternaria alternata, and Fagales mix). Clinical asthma-related parameters were compared between patients with IgE sensitization to asthma allergen molecules and non-IgE sensitized patients with asthma.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>IgE sensitization was detected in 73.2% of patients with asthma using 63 micro-arrayed respiratory allergens. The most recognized respiratory outdoor allergen molecules were Bet v 1 (32.8%) and Ole e 1 (23.2%) followed by grass pollen, ragweed, and mugwort allergens. Fel d 1 was the most frequently recognized respiratory indoor allergen molecule (42.7%) followed by house dust mite and dog allergen molecules. Micro-arrayed allergens allowed the identification of IgE reactivity profiles indicative of genuine sensitizations to different allergen sources. IgE-sensitized patients were significantly younger than non-IgE-sensitized patients with asthma (median age 44 versus 58 years). Patients sensitized to respiratory allergens showed significantly better lung function (FEV1, FVC and FEV/FVC) and less dyspnea but more allergic bronchitis than non-IgE-sensitized patients with asthma. More IgE-sensitized patients used antihistamines but fewer inhaled corticosteroids than non-IgE-sensitized patients with asthma. Interestingly, eosinophil counts were lower both in ICS-treated as well as untreated sensitized patients than in non-sensitized patients with asthma.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Molecular allergy diagnosis allowed the detection of genuine IgE sensitizations in adult patients with asthma; enabling stratification for precision medicine-based forms of personalized treatments such as allergen-based immunotherapy (AIT) and/or administration of biological treatments in asthma.</p>","PeriodicalId":122,"journal":{"name":"Allergy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":12.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144937044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}