Allergy and Immunology Gateway

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Articles

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Research

Variations in inflammatory genes are associated with periodontitis

Ianni M, Bruzzesi G, Pugliese D, Porcellini E, Carbone I, Schiavone A and Licastro F Immunity & Ageing 2013, 10:39 (1 October 2013)
Review

The utility of using fiberoptic rhinoscopy in the diagnosis of nasal polyps

Cottrill M, Ko R and Kim HL Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 2013, 9:38 (1 October 2013)
Research

G-CSF/anti-G-CSF antibody complexes drive the potent recovery and expansion of CD11b+Gr-1+ myeloid cells without compromising CD8+ T cell immune responses.

Rubinstein MP, Salem ML, Doedens A, Moore CJ, Chiuzan C, Rivell GL, Cole DJ and Goldrath AW Journal of Hematology & Oncology 2013, 6:75 (1 October 2013)
Case Report

Oral vancomycin desensitisation to treat Clostridium difficile infection in a vancomycin allergic patient

Mahabir S, Lim RY, Magee C, Fitzpatrick F and Keogan M World Allergy Organization Journal 2013, 6:16 (30 September 2013)
Research

The effects of HIV Tat DNA on regulating the immune response of HIV DNA vaccine in mice

Liu Y, Li F, Qi Z, Hao Y, Hong K, Liu Y, Cong Y and Shao Y Virology Journal 2013, 10:297 (30 September 2013)
Proceedings

Is HER2 amplification predictable by digital immunohistochemistry?

Micsik T, Kiszler G, Szabó D, Krecsák L, Krenács T and Molnár B Diagnostic Pathology 2013, 8(Suppl 1):S14 (30 September 2013)
Proceedings

Digital immunohistochemistry: new horizons and practical solutions in breast cancer pathology

Laurinavicius A, Besusparis J, Didziapetryte J, Radziuviene G, Meskauskas R and Laurinaviciene A Diagnostic Pathology 2013, 8(Suppl 1):S15 (30 September 2013)
Review

The role of PD-1 and PD-L1 in T-cell immune suppression in patients with hematological malignancies

Shi L, Chen S, Yang L and Li Y Journal of Hematology & Oncology 2013, 6:74 (30 September 2013)

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Medical news today

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News and events

WAO Journal is now open access and included in PubMed Central! With authors, reviewers and readers representing all geographic regions, WAO Journal provides a truly global perspective on allergy, asthma and clinical immunology. Articles from the 5-year archive are now available from the journal website. Read more.

Advances in food allergy

Advances in food allergy is a cross-journal article collection that brings together articles on all aspects of food allergy published across BioMed Central’s allergy journals.View (and bookmark) the articles already published here.To contribute a new article to the series, submit your manuscript to the journal quoting your interest in the series in your cover letter.