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Volume contents _ iii Contents Volume 21, Number 1, January 1991 91 P. G. Calkhoven, Marja Aalbers, V. L. Koshte, 1 Editorial: K. Godfrey. House dust mite R. W. Griffioen, J. C. Van Nierop, D. Van Der avoidance—the way forward Heide and R. C. Aalberse. Relationship between Review: S. R. Durham. The significance of late IgG, and IgG, antibodies to foods and the responses in asthma development of IgE antibodies to inhalant Review: R. M. Du Bois. Recent advances in the allergens. I. Establishment of a scoring system for immunology of interstitial lung disease the overall food responsiveness and its application Review: C. G. A. Persson, I. Erjfalt, U. Alkner, to 213 unselected children C. Baumgarten, L. Greiff, B. Gustafsson, A. Luts, P. G. Calkhoven, Marja Aalbers, V. L. Koshte, U. Pipkorn, F. Sundler, C. Svensson and P. P. M. Schilte, J. L. Yntema. R. W. Griffioen, P. Wollmer. Plasma exudation asa f irst line J.C. Van Nierop, A. P. Oranje and R. C. Aalberse. respiratory mucosal defence Relationship between IgG, and IgG, antibodies to Rapid publication: R. J. Dilworth, K. Y. Chua foods and the development of IgE antibodies to and W. R. Thomas. Sequence analysis of cDNA inhalant allergens. II. Increased levels of IgG coding for a major house dust mite allergen, Derf 1 antibodies to foods in children who subsequently 3 Rapid publication: M. Trudinger, K. Y. Chua and develop IgE antibodies to inhalant allergens W. R. Thomas. cDNA encoding the major mite J. M. Tunon De Lara, L. Vuillemin, allergen Defr I I F. Rondoyanni, P. Rio, D. Ducassou and F. M. Kniest, E. Young, M. C. G. Van Praag, A. Taytard. The inhibitory effect of H. Vos, Helianthe S. M. Kort, W. J. Koers, immunoglobulin E on monoamine uptake in Frederike De Maat-Bleeker and Johanna E. M. H. human platelets Van Bronswijk. Clinical evaluation ofa double- H. Otsuka, A. Mezawa, M. Ohnishi, K. Okubo, blind dust-mite avoidance trial with mite-allergic H. Seki and M. Okuda. Changes in nasal rhinitic patients metachromatic cells during allergen J. H. Edwards, D. M. Trotman, O. F. Mason, immunotherapy B. H. Davies, K. P. Jones and T. S. Alzubaidy. Birgitta G. Gustafsson and C. G. Persson. Pigeon breeders’ lung—the effect of loft litter Asymmetrical effects of increases in hydrostatic materials on airborne particles and antigens pressure on macromolecular movement across the P. Sriramarao, S. Nagpal, B. S. Subba Rao, airway mucosa. A study in guinea-pig tracheal Om Prakash and P. V. Subba Rao. Immediate tube preparations hypersensitivity to Parthenium hysterophorus. Il. Annette Leimgruber, B. Mosimann, M. Caleys, Clinical studies on the prevalance of parthenium M. Seppey, Y. Jaccard, V. Aubert, R. Peitrequin, rhinitis Marie-Pierre Nisoli and A. Pécoud. Clinical V. Gautier, P. Chanez, J. P. Vendrell, J. L. Pujol, evaluation of a new in-vitro assay for specific IgE, L. Y. Lacoste, H. De Faucal, P. Godard and the immuno CAP system F. B. Michel. Unexplained CD4-positive T-cell 3 Susan M. MacDonald, Jane M. White, Anne Kagey- deficiency in non-HIV patients presenting as Sobotka, D. W. MacGlashan and L. M. Lichtenstein. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia The heterogeneity of human IgE exemplified by the Elisabeth Boichot, V. Lagente, C. Carre, passive transfer of DO sensitivity P. Waltmann, J. M. Mencia-Huerta and C. Audera, J. Ramirez, E. Soler and J. Carreira. P. Braquet. Bronchial hyperresponsiveness and Liposomes as carriers for allergy immunotherapy cellular infiltration in the lung of guinea-pigs Short report: P. Prahl. Adrenocortical suppression sensitized and challenged by aerosol following treatment with beclomethasone and Elizabeth F. Juniper and G. H. Guyatt. budesonide Development and testing of a new measure of Current abstracts health status for clinical trials in S. R. Durham rhinoconjunctivitis Forthcoming meetings Susanne Hauschildt Sparholt, T. Barington and Forthcoming articles C. Schou. Detection of B-lymphocytes secreting Acknowledgments antibodies to Dermatophagoides antigens Erratum Volume contents Volume 21, Number 2, March 1991 News and commentary C. J. Corrigan. Report on a meeting of the 155 Editorial: M. D. Chapman. Manipulating allergen advancement in the understanding of the treatment genes of asthma 157 Editorial: R. Beasley, C. Thomson and N. Pearce. 249 Current abstracts Selenium, glutathione peroxidase and asthma 161 K. Y. Chua, W. K. Greene, P. Kehal and 253 Forthcoming meetings 254 Forthcoming articles W. R. Thomas. IgE binding studies with large peptides expressed from Der p Il cDNA constructs Volume 21, Number 3, May 1991 S. A. Ford, B. A. Baldo, J. Weiner and S. Sutherland. Identification of jack-jumper ant 255 Editorial: W. R. Thomas. Grass under scrutiny (Myrmecia pilosula) venom allergens 259 Review: Q. A. Summers. Inhaled drugs and the T. C. Hunt, A. M. Campbell, C. Robinson and lung S. T. Holgate. Structural and secretory 269 Review: H. Metzger. The high affinity receptor for characteristics of bovine lung and skin mast cells: IgE on mast cells evidence for the existence of heterogeneity 281 Special article: U. Miller, H. Mosbech, P. Blaauw, B. S. Friedman and D. D. Metcalfe. Effects of S. Dreborg, H. J. Malling, B. Przybilla, tixocortol pivalate on gastrointestinal disease in R. Urbanek, E. Pastorello, M. Blanca, systemic mastocytosis: a preliminary study J. Bousquet, R. Jarisch and L. Youlten. M. Fujimura, S. Sakamoto, K. Nishi, M. Saito, Emergency treatment of allergic reactions to Y. Miyake and T. Matsuda. Inhibitory effect of Hymenoptera stings inhaled procaterol on anaphylactic Special article: T. Nakagawa. The role of IgG bronchoconstriction and thromboxane A> subclass antibodies in the clinical response to production in guinea-pigs immunotherapy in allergic disease 5 G. Lilja, A. Dannaeus, T. Foucard, V. Graff- F. Matthiesen and H. Lowenstein. Group V Lonnevig, S. G. O. Johansson and H. Oman. allergens in grass pollen. I. Purification and Effect of maternal diet during late pregnancy and characterization of the group V allergen from lactation on the development of IgE and egg- and Phleum pratense pollen, Phi p V milk-specific IgE and IgG antibodies in infants F. Matthiesen and H. Lowenstein. Group V D. J. Pearson, V. J. Suarez-Mendez, J. P. Day and allergens in grass pollen. II. Investigation of group P. F. Miller. Selenium status in relation to reduced V allergens in pollens from 10 grasses glutathione peroxidase activity in aspirin-sensitive C. Schou, U. G. Svendsen and H. "owenstein. asthma Purification and characterization of the major dog R. E. O’Hehir, B. A. Aguilar, T. J. Schmidt, allergen, can f1 S. O. Gollnick and J. R. Lamb. Functional R. Tamir, A. I. Pick, M. Topilsky and S. Kivity. inactivation of Dermatophagoides spp. (house dust Olive pollen induces asthmatic response mite) reactive human T-cell clones 3 A. Hammarlund, P. Olsson and U. Pipkorn. I. Erjefalt and C. G. A. Persson. Allergen, Dermal blood flow after local challenges with bradykinin, and capsaicin increase outward but allergen, histamine, bradykinin and compound not inward macromolecular permeability of 48/80 guinea-pig tracheobronchial mucosa D. J. Hill, C. S. Hosking, M. J. Shelton and M. J. Colloff, G. A. Stewart and P. J. Thompson. M. W. Turner. Childhood asthma: clinical and House dust acarofauna and Der p I equivalent in immunological changes over a decade Australia: the relative importance of H. Mosbech, A. Jensen, J. H. Heinig and Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Euroglyphus C. Schou. House dust mite allergens on different maynei types of mattresses D. L. Duffy and C. A. Mitchell. Respiratory H. S. Park and C.-S. Hong. The significance of symptoms in Queensland schoolchildren: an specific IgG and IgG4 antibodies to a reactive dye association between month of birth and in exposed workers respiratory illness K. R. Patel, S. K. Ghosh and J. Matcham. Lack M. Halonen, D. Stern, S. Lyle, A. Wright, of dose-response effect of terfenadine on resting L. Taussig and F. D. Martinez. Relationship of bronchomotor tone in patients with asthma total serum IgE levels in cord and 9-month sera of L. C. Tsai, R.-B. Tang, M.-W. Hung and infants Z.-N. Chang. Changes in the levels of house dust Volume contents v mite specific IgG, during immunotherapy in W. O. C. M. Cookson, N. H. De Klerk, asthmatic children G. R. Ryan, A. L. James and A. W. Musk. S. H. Arshad, E. Malmberg, K. Krapf and Relative risks of bronchial hyper-responsiveness D. W. Hide. Clinical and immunological associated with skin-prick rest responses to characteristics of Brazil nut allergy common antigens in young adults Correspondence C. Carini, C. Fratazzi and F. Aiuti. Evidence for Allergy practice forum IgE immune complexes and distribution of IgG H. Magnussen, K. F. Rabe and D. Nowak. subclasses with anti-IgE activity in patients with Therapy of bronchial hyper-responsiveness atopic dermatitis 391 Book reviews C. K. W. Lai, S. Ollier, C. K. Lau and 393 Forthcoming meetings S. T. Holgate. Effect of azelastine and ketotifen on 394 Forthcoming articles the bronchial and skin responses to platelet- activating factor in humans Volume 21, Number 4, July 1991 G. Tamura, K. Satoh, C.-L. Chao, H. Inoue and 395 Editorial: P. W. Ind. Platelet and clotting T. Takishima. Do diagnostic procedures other abnormalities in asthma than inhalation challenge predict immediate 399 Editorial: C. J. Corrigan. Lymphokines in asthma: bronchial responses to inhaled allergen? are they there and can they be detected? Z. N. Chang, C. W. Chi, H. F. Sun, L. C. Tsai, 401 Review: N. Pearce, J. Crane, C. Burgess, D. T. Lee and S. H. Han. A unique human R. Jackson and R. Beasley. Beta agonists and IgE-binding epitope on the Bermuda grass pollen asthma mortality: déja vu recognized by mouse lambda-type monoclonal A. Szceklik, M. Schmitz-Schumann, antibodies M. Krzanowski and C. Virchow Sr. Delayed E. Johansson, A. Borga, S. G. O. Johansson and generation of thrombin in clotting blood of atopic M. Van Hage-hamsten. Immunoblot multi-allergen patients with hayfever and asthma inhibition studies of allergic cross-reactivity of the T. J. Neale, H. H. Windom, J. Hill, P. R. Dunbar, dust mites Lepidoglyphus destructor and R. Cook, J. Crane and R. Beasley. Neopterin Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus quantification in acute severe asthma Allergy practice forum T. Brunnée, S. Nigam, G. Kunkel and I. D. Pavord and A. E. Tattersfield. Will I get C. R. Baumgarten. Nasal challenge studies with addicted to my asthma treatment? bradykinin: influence upon mediator generation Book reviews L. K. Arruda, M. C. Rizzo, M. D. Chapman, Current abstracts E. Fernandez-Caldas, D. Baggio, T. A. E. Platts- Forthcoming meetings Mills and C. K. Naspitz. Exposure and Forthcoming articles sensitization to dust mite allergens among asthmatic children in Sao Paulo, Brazil O. Michel, R. Ginanni, J. Duchateau, F. Vertongen, B. Le Bon and R. Sergysels. Volume 21, Number 5, September 1991 Domestic endotoxin exposure and clinical severity 529 Editorial: S. Dreborg. Bronchial hyper-reactivity of asthma and skin sensitivity S. N. Su, G. X. Lau, J. J. Tsai, S. Y. Yang, 531 Editorial: K. Rajakulasingam and P. H. Howarth. H. D. Shen and S. H. Han. Isolation and partial Topical capsaicin therapy in chronic rhinitis: a way characterization of Bermuda grass pollen allergen, forward? BG-60a 533 Special Article: Workshop Summary and A. Litwin, A. J. Pesce, T. Fischer, M. Michael and Guidelines. Investigative use of bronchoscopy, J. G. Michael. Regulation of the human immune lavage and bronchial biopsies in asthma and other response to ragweed pollen by immunotherapy. airways diseases A controlled trial comparing the effect of Review: D. M. Geddes. Methotrexate in asthma immunosuppressive peptic fragments of short Review: W. R. Roche. Fibroblasts and asthma ragweed and standard treatment Review: J. Harvey and D. B. Jones. Human R. G. G. Ruiz, D. Richards, D. M. Kemeny and mucosal T-lymphocytes and macrophage J. F. Price. Neonatal IgE: a poor screen for atopic subpopulations in normal and inflamed intestine disease 561 C. G. B. Peterson, I. Enander, J. Nystrand, vi Volume contents A. S. Anderson, L. Nilsson and P. Venge. Volume 21, Number 6, November 1991 Radioimmunoassay of human eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) by an improved method. 647 Editorial: A. B. Kay and S. T. Holgate. A call for Establishment of normal levels in serum and more clinical papers turnover in vivo 649 Editorial: D. J. Atherton. Atopic disease and food C. Lunardi, L. M. Bambara, D. Biasi, P. Cortina, allergy P. Peroli, F. Nicolis, F. Favari and M. L. Pacor. Review: R. W. Fuller. Pharmacological regulation Double-blind cross-over trial of oral sodium of airway macrophage function cromoglycate in patients with irritable bowel Review: F. Th. M. Spieksma. Domestic mites: syndrome due to food intolerance their role in respiratory allergy 3 J. K. Peat and A. J. Woolcock. Sensitivity to Review: R. Gerth Van Wijk. Nasal hyper- common allergens: relation to respiratory reactivity: its pathogenesis and clinical significance symptoms and bronchial hyper-responsiveness in F. Kauffman, C. Frette, I. Annesi, children from three different climatic areas of M.-P. Oryszezyn, M.-F. Dore and F. Neukirch. Australia Relationships of haptoglobin level to FEV), 3 C. D. Brooks, K. J. Karl and S. F. Francom. wheezing, bronchial hyperresponsiveness and Unilaterality of obstruction after acute nasal allergy allergen provocation. Relation of allergen dose, H.-D. Shen, K.-B. Choo, H.-H. Lee, J.-C. Hsieh, nasal reactivity and the nasal cycle W.-L. Lin, W.-R. Lee and S.-H. Han. The 40- S. B. Phagoo, N. M. Wilson and M. Silverman. kilodalton allergen of Candida albicans is an Skin prick testing using allergen-coated lancets: alcohol dehydrogenase: molecular cloning and a comparison between a multiple lancet device immunological analysis using monoclonal and a single lancet applied with varying antibodies pressures 3 B. R. Adler, T. Assadullahi, J. A. Warner and J. S. Lacroix, J. M. Buvelot, B. S. Polla and J.O. Warner. Evaluation ofa multiple food J. M. Lundberg. Improvement of symptoms of specific IgE antibody test compared to parental non-allergic chronic rhinitis by local treatment perception, allergy skin tests and RAST with capsaicin M. Azevedo, M. G. Castel-Branco, J. Ferraz C. Lewis, C. McSharry, K. Anderson, Oliveira, E. Ramos, L. Delgado and J. Almeida. A. Speekenbrink, D. M. Kemeny, S. Durnin, Double-blind comparison of levocobastine eye C. Feyerabend, D. Sinclair, A. D. Watt and drops with sodium cromoglycate and placebo in G. Boyd. Quantifying serum antibody class and the treatment of seasonal allergic conjunctivitis subclass responses by enzyme immunoassay in C. E. H. Grattan, D. M. Francis, M. Hide and humidifier-related disease M. W. Greaves. Detection of circulating histamine K. Tarvainen, L. Kanerva, O. Tupasela, releasing autoantibodies with functional properties B. Grenquist-Nordén, R. Jolanki, T. Estlander and of anti-igE in chronic urticaria H. Keskinen. Allergy from cellulase and xylanase H. Klementsson, C. Svensson, M. Andersson, enzymes P. Venge, U. Pipkorn and C. G. A. Persson. R. Reunala, P. Lappalainen, H. Brummer- Eosinophils, secretory responsiveness and Korvenkontio, P. Coulie and T. Palosuo. glucocorticoid-induced effects on the nasal mucosa Cutaneous reactivity to mosquito bites: effect of during a weak pollen season cetirizine and development of anti-mosquito F. J. Van Overveld, Ph. G. Jorens, M. Rampart, antibodies W. De Backer and P. A. Vermeire. Tumour Correspondence necrosis factor stimulates human skin mast cells to Allergy practice forum release histamine and tryptase B. Lask. Psychological treatments of asthma C. G. A. Persson, B. Gustafsson, A. Luts, News and commentary F. Sundler and I. Erjefalt. Toluene diisocyanate M. K. Church. Report on a Mast Cell Symposium produces an increase in airway tone that outlasts Abstracts from the Immunopathology of Asthma the inflammatory exudation phase Symposium B. Windelborg Nielsen, P. Lind, B. Hansen, P. 643 Current abstracts Nansen and P. O. Schietz. Larval exoantigens 647 Forthcoming meetings from ascarid nematodes are potent inducers of 648 Forthcoming articles histamine release from human blood basophils Volume contents 733 D. Vervioet, E. Haddi, M. Tafforeau, Allergy practice forum A. Lanteaume, G. Kulling and D. Charpin. V. Varney. Hayfever in the United Kingdom Reliability of respiratory symptoms to diagnose 3 News and commentary atopy D. S. Robinson. Report on the 3rd International D. W. Hide, S. H. Arshad, R. Twiselton and Conference on Broncho-alveolar Lavage M. Stevens. Cord serum IgE: an insensitive Book reviews method for prediction of atopy New journal review Sun Ying, D. S. Robinson, V. Varney, Qui Meng, Council for the British Society for Allergy and A. Tsicopoulous, R. Mogbel, S. R. Durham, Clinical Immunology A. B. Kay and Q. Hamid. TNFa mRNA Forthcoming meetings expression in allergic inflammation Forthcoming articles Correspondence Author index