9 year old, unprompted: “They really like beans here”

Prof. Dr. Ioana Agache presenting the new nomenclature of allergic diseases in the EAACI congress in Valencia. The exponential growth of precision diagnostic tools, including omic technologies, molecular diagnostics, sophisticated genetic and epigenetic editing, imaging and nano-technologies and patient access to extensive health care, has resulted in vast amounts of unbiased data enabling in-depth disease characterization. New disease endotypes have been identified for various allergic diseases and triggered the gradual transition from a disease description focused on symptoms to identifying biomarkers and intricate pathogenetic and metabolic pathways. Consequently, the current disease taxonomy has to be revised for better categorization. This European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Position Paper responds to this challenge and provides a modern #nomenclature for #allergicdiseases, which respects the earlier classifications back to the early 20th century. Hypersensitivity reactions originally described by Gell and Coombs have been extended into nine different types comprising antibody- (I-III), cell-mediated (IVa-c), tissue-driven mechanisms (V-VI) and direct response to chemicals (VII). Types I-III are linked to classical and newly described clinical conditions. Type IVa-c are specified and detailed according to the current understanding of T1, T2 and T3 responses. Types V-VI involve epithelial barrier defects and metabolic-induced immune dysregulation, while direct cellular and inflammatory responses to chemicals are covered in type VII. It is notable that several combinations of mixed types may appear in the clinical setting. The clinical relevance of the current approach for allergy practice will be conferred in another article that will follow this year, aiming at showing the relevance in clinical practice where various endotypes can overlap and evolve over the lifetime. Read the article for free here: doi.org/10.1111/all.15889 Read more #EAACI Position Papers published in Allergy here: journalallergy.com/Position-… #EAACI2024 #Allergy_journal

Happy International Women’s Day to all these amazing women. I feel really fortunate to have known you and being mentored by some of you! #International_Womens_Day @Gooell_Lab @KhouryMD @LisaRForbesMD1 @SeretIDirini @SaraAnvariMD

Love this description of a mentor!

STAT news published an article related to my recent blog about DFCI statnews.com/2024/01/19/dana…