Respiratory allergy : advances in clinical immunology and pulmonary medicine : proceedings of the III International Meeting on Respiratory Allergy, Naples, 1-4 April 1992

Part 1 Respiratory allergy - immunological basis and pathophysiology: the role of adhesion molecules in allergic inflammation, B.S. Bochner et al cytokine networks in IgE regulation, G. Del Prete et al the high affinity receptor for immunoglobulin E, R. Paolini et al human mast cells and basophils and their involvement in respiratory allergy, G. Marone et al functional surface molecules expressed on CD3-CD16+ natural killer (NK) lymphocytes in humans, G. Tripodi et al modulation of 2-acetylated phospholipid biosynthesis during inflammatory cell activation, M. Triggiani and F. Chilton. Part 2 Pathophysiology of bronchial asthma and airway hyperresponsiveness: new aspects of neural control of airways, P.J. Barnes the bronchial epithelium as a target for inflammatory damage in asthma, S. Montefort et al airway responsiveness in aspirin-sensitive subjects, G. Melillo activation of human inflammatory cells by platelet-activating factor and structurally-related compounds, M. Columbo PAF and interleukin-5 in experimental lung hyperresponsiveness, M. Pretolani and B.B. Vargaftig the role of platelet activating factor in bronchial asthma, R. Dermarkarian et al. Part 3 Allergy of the upper respiratory tract: the effect of immunotherapy on the pathophysiologic phenomena encountered in allergic rhinitis, A.G. Togias diurnal activity of the nasal mucosa in normal subjects and in patients with nasal allergy, D. Passali and L. Bellussi pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic basis for inhaled glucocorticosteroid (GCS) therapy in allergic rhinitis, R. Brattsand and J. Ingelf the new antihistamines in allergy of the upper respiratory tract, C. Bindslev-Jensen. Part 4 Clinical aspects of respiratory allergy: allergens in the home and their control, R.S. Call et al asthma as an inflammatory disease, P.M. O'Byrne and N.B. Choudry bronchial inflamamtory events after allergen of exercise challenge in patients with asthma, G.A. Rossi et al quality of life in asthma and its use in the evaluation of pharmacological therapy, G. Cocco et al immunotherapy has to be given early in IgE-allergic inflammation, B. Weeke long-term effects of therapy on bronchial hyperresponsiveness in patients with asthma, A.J. Woolcock and W. Boonsawat. Part 5 Inhalation therapy of bronchial obstruction - problems and prospectives. Part 6 Corticosteroid-sparing treatment in asthma.