{"title":"Utility of using thoracic computed tomography to measure lung function decline and detect unsuspected emphysema in severe asthma","authors":"Arthur F. Gelb MD, Donald P. Tashkin MD","doi":"10.1016/j.anai.2024.11.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anai.2024.11.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50773,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology","volume":"134 3","pages":"Pages 253-254"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143529422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding advances in inborn errors of immunity for the practicing allergist-immunologist","authors":"Rebecca R. Saff MD, PhD , Marcus S. Shaker MD, MS","doi":"10.1016/j.anai.2024.12.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anai.2024.12.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50773,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology","volume":"134 3","pages":"Pages 245-246"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143529841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kirsten Stewart MBChB , Chris RuiWen Kuo MD , Rory Chan PhD , Brian Lipworth MD
{"title":"Performance of 5-domain rhinology-focused symptom score with dupilumab in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps","authors":"Kirsten Stewart MBChB , Chris RuiWen Kuo MD , Rory Chan PhD , Brian Lipworth MD","doi":"10.1016/j.anai.2024.11.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anai.2024.11.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50773,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology","volume":"134 3","pages":"Pages 360-362"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142632216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modulating mental health risk in atopic dermatitis with dupilumab","authors":"Joy Wan MD, MSCE , Donald Leung MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.anai.2024.12.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anai.2024.12.013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50773,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology","volume":"134 3","pages":"Pages 255-256"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143529837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Teng-Li Lin MD , Yi-Hsuan Fan MD , Kuo-Sheng Fan MD , Chao-Kuei Juan MD , Yi-Ju Chen MD, PhD , Chun-Ying Wu MD, MPH, PhD
{"title":"Dupilumab impact on psychiatric and sleep disorder risk reduction in atopic dermatitis","authors":"Teng-Li Lin MD , Yi-Hsuan Fan MD , Kuo-Sheng Fan MD , Chao-Kuei Juan MD , Yi-Ju Chen MD, PhD , Chun-Ying Wu MD, MPH, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.anai.2024.11.016","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anai.2024.11.016","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) have a higher risk of developing psychiatric and sleep disorders.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To compare the risk of psychiatric and sleep disorders in patients with AD treated with dupilumab vs those on conventional drugs (systemic corticosteroids, methotrexate, cyclosporin, and azathioprine).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This retrospective cohort study used the TriNetX Global Collaborative Network (LLC, Cambridge, MA) and included adult patients with AD newly prescribed dupilumab (DUPI-cohort) or conventional drugs without previous dupilumab exposure (CONV-cohort). Propensity score matching was performed for age, sex, race, comorbidities, and laboratory measures. Risks of various psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety, depressive disorders, adjustment disorders, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, including sleep disorders, were compared between cohorts, with hazard ratios determined using Cox regression.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>After matching, both the DUPI- and CONV-cohorts included 6114 patients each, with an average age of 44 years and 53% female. The racial distribution in both cohorts was approximately 49% White, 15% Black or African American, and 12% Asian. During the 3-year follow-up, the DUPI-cohort had reduced risks of anxiety (hazard ratio 0.76, 95% CI 0.64-0.89), depressive disorders (0.70, 0.58-0.86), adjustment disorders (0.535, 0.37-0.78), and sleep disorders (0.78, 0.65-0.94), whereas the risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was not significantly affected (0.92, 0.61-1.38). These findings were consistent across age groups, sexes, races, and atopic comorbidities, with a more pronounced effect in Black or African American patients.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Patients with AD prescribed dupilumab exhibited a lower risk of psychiatric and sleep disorders, with the effect being more evident within the Black or African American subgroup.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50773,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology","volume":"134 3","pages":"Pages 333-340.e6"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142755844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rose Monahan MD , Iris M. Otani MD , Heather K. Lehman MD , S. Shahzad Mustafa MD
{"title":"A second look at secondary hypogammaglobulinemia","authors":"Rose Monahan MD , Iris M. Otani MD , Heather K. Lehman MD , S. Shahzad Mustafa MD","doi":"10.1016/j.anai.2024.12.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anai.2024.12.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hypogammaglobulinemia is defined as a reduced immunoglobulin level, which can be either primary due to inborn errors of immunity or acquired in the setting of poor antibody production or increased antibody loss. Secondary hypogammaglobulinemia (SHG) should be considered in patients with a history of immunosuppressive therapy, transplant, protein loss syndromes, certain autoimmune conditions, and malignancies, as it can be associated with increased infectious risk. Appropriate history and lab-based screening in these populations can identify SHG allowing treatment and close monitoring as appropriate. Ideally, treatment focuses on control of the underlying condition or removal of iatrogenic causes of SHG. However, in many cases, treatment of the underlying condition does not reverse SHG or immunosuppressive therapy cannot be discontinued without significant risk to the patient. For these patients, strategies for risk mitigation against infectious complications include vaccination, antibiotic prophylaxis, and immunoglobulin replacement therapy. This report aims to summarize the existing and emerging data in the evaluation and management of SHG and highlight areas that require further investigation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50773,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology","volume":"134 3","pages":"Pages 269-278"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142824544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael W. Tsoulis MD, MS , Kelli W. Williams MD, MPH
{"title":"Keeping up with recent developments in immunodeficiency","authors":"Michael W. Tsoulis MD, MS , Kelli W. Williams MD, MPH","doi":"10.1016/j.anai.2024.12.016","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anai.2024.12.016","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Inborn errors of immunity (IEIs) are a rapidly expanding group of monogenetic disorders affecting the immune system. Advancements in genetic testing and functional validation studies have accelerated the pace of IEI gene discovery and mechanism of disease, particularly in the past 5 years. To keep up with this rapid expansion, the International Union of Immunological Societies Expert Committee has periodically, since 1999, released updated IEI classifications with corresponding genotypic and phenotypic catalogues with its most recent update in 2022. Now, there are more than 485 monogenetic disorders of the immune system described among 10 main groups of classification. This article reviews recent clinical developments in IEI, including a closer look at some of the more recently described IEI disorders. In particular, we highlight a few disorders with the following clinical phenotypes of IEI: severe atopy, immunodeficiency with immune dysregulation, immune dysregulation with lymphoproliferation, autoinflammation, and innate phenotype. To aid the clinician, we also provide a diagnostic approach to use when there is suspicion of IEI and a discussion of management and treatment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50773,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology","volume":"134 3","pages":"Pages 259-268"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142883352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jennilee Luedders MD , Sara May MD , Elizabeth Lyden MS , Andrew Rorie MD , Joel Van De Graaff MD , José Zamora-Sifuentes DO , Rhonda Walenz BS , Jill A. Poole MD
{"title":"Authors’ response","authors":"Jennilee Luedders MD , Sara May MD , Elizabeth Lyden MS , Andrew Rorie MD , Joel Van De Graaff MD , José Zamora-Sifuentes DO , Rhonda Walenz BS , Jill A. Poole MD","doi":"10.1016/j.anai.2024.12.020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anai.2024.12.020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50773,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology","volume":"134 3","pages":"Pages 365-366"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143529366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jenna Zuzolo MD , Muhammad F. Zulfiqar BA , Brian Spoelhof PharmD , Rebecca Revell BSPH , James T. Patrie MS , Larry Borish MD , Monica G. Lawrence MD
{"title":"Functional testing of humoral immunity in the Prevnar 20 era","authors":"Jenna Zuzolo MD , Muhammad F. Zulfiqar BA , Brian Spoelhof PharmD , Rebecca Revell BSPH , James T. Patrie MS , Larry Borish MD , Monica G. Lawrence MD","doi":"10.1016/j.anai.2024.12.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.anai.2024.12.011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Humoral immune disorders such as common variable immunodeficiency and specific antibody deficiency are prevalent in clinical practice and require accurate functional testing of humoral immunity for diagnosis and to guide treatment approach. Traditionally, the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) has been used to assess polysaccharide antibody responses by measuring pre- and post-vaccination pneumococcal titers. However, the recent introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs), such as PCV13, PCV15, and PCV20, into the childhood and adult vaccine schedules has significantly reduced the number of unique serotypes available for testing and in turn has complicated the evaluation process. We retrospectively analyzed serotype-specific antibody responses in patients aged 2 to 65 years who received PPSV23 at the University of Virginia Health System to compare diagnostic outcomes using all 23 serotypes vs the limited number of unique serotypes not included in previous PCVs—11 serotypes for PCV13 recipients and 4 for PCV20 recipients. Our findings reveal that although previous PCVs mean that there is a reduced number of serotypes available for interpretation, PPSV23 testing maintains diagnostic accuracy between 81% and 84%. Despite limitations, the use of PPSV23 remains a valuable tool for identifying patients with clinically significant humoral immune deficiencies. In the future, alternative diagnostic approaches such as <em>Salmonella typhi</em> polysaccharide vaccine response and opsonophagocytosis assays may become more frequently used as part of the evaluation of humoral immune disorders.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50773,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology","volume":"134 3","pages":"Pages 279-283"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142840138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}