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    Girolamo Pelaia, Alessandro Vatrella, Rosario Maselli.
    Summary: This book focuses on the fundamentals of the use of biologics in asthma, describing the rationale, principles, mechanisms of action, and indications. It offers an excellent balance between basic science and the analysis of clinical trials, updating readers with new developments that are changing the global scenario for targeted biological anti-asthma therapies, especially with regard to more severe disease. A range of therapies are considered, from the humanized monoclonal anti-IgE antibody omalizumab, widely approved as add-on treatment for inadequately controlled disease, through to emerging biologics for which evidence supportive of efficacy is accumulating, including anti-IL-5, anti-IL-4, and anti-IL-13 therapies. One aspect to emerge is the variability in individual response, which suggests a need for characterization of different asthma subtypes to permit the effective implementation of phenotype-targeted treatments. This book will be of interest for pulmonologists, clinical immunologists, and physicians seeking sound information on these therapies, but also for scientists and pharmacologists wishing to enhance their knowledge of the therapeutic implications of the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie severe, uncontrolled asthma.

    Contents:
    Introduction
    Inflammatory cellular patterns in asthma
    Airway remodelling in asthma
    Anti-IgE antibodies
    IL-5-targeted antibodies
    IL-4-specific biologics
    Anti-IL-13 therapies
    Anti-TNFalpha-antibodies
    Biologic treatments targeted to innate cytokines
    Other biologic drugs
    Conclusions and future perspectives.
    Digital Access Springer 2017
  • Article
    Gupta S, Pahwa R, Siegal FP, Good RA.
    Clin Exp Immunol. 1977 May;28(2):347-51.
    Mononuclear cells from twenty human tonsils and peripheral blood lymphocytes were examined for T, B and 'third population cells'. Compared with peripheral blood lymphocytes, tonsils were found to have a higher proportion of B lymphocytes with surface IgM, IgD and IgA. Mouse erythrocyte rosette-forming cells were also present in increased proportions. However, 'third population cells' were found in very low proportions. Phagocytic cells as determined by latex ingestion and peroxidase staining were also present in low proportions. The lack of 'third population cells' in human tonsils may establish this organ as one of particular interest in the study of lymphocyte subpopulations because T and B lymphocytes can be purified without contaminating 'third population cells'. The role of the third population of lymphocytes in antibody-dependent cytotoxicity and spontaneous cytotoxicity may be supported by the absence of these functions along with absence of the 'third population' cells from tonsilar lymphoid cells.
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