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Allergic diseases in the elderly: biological characteristics and main immunological and non-immunological mechanisms

Overview of attention for article published in Clinical and Molecular Allergy, February 2017
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Title
Allergic diseases in the elderly: biological characteristics and main immunological and non-immunological mechanisms
Published in
Clinical and Molecular Allergy, February 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12948-017-0059-2
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Authors

Maria Teresa Ventura, Nicola Scichilone, Roberto Paganelli, Paola Lucia Minciullo, Vincenzo Patella, Matteo Bonini, Giovanni Passalacqua, Carlo Lombardi, Livio Simioni, Erminia Ridolo, Stefano R. Del Giacco, Sebastiano Gangemi, Giorgio Walter Canonica

Abstract

Life expectancy and the number of elderly people are progressively increasing around the world. Together with other pathologies, allergic diseases also show an increasing incidence in geriatric age. This is partly due to the growing emphasis on a more accurate and careful diagnosis of the molecular mechanisms that do not allow to ignore the real pathogenesis of many symptoms until now unknown, and partly to the fact that the allergic people from 20 years ago represent the elderly population now. Moreover, environmental pollution predisposes to the onset of allergic asthma and dermatitis which are the result of internal pathologies more than the expression of allergic manifestations. At the same time the food contamination permits the onset of allergic diseases related to food allergy. In this review we provide the state of the art on the physiological changes in the elderly responsible for allergic diseases, their biological characteristics and the major immunological and extra immunological mechanisms. Much emphasis is given to the management of several diseases in the elderly, including anaphylactic reactions. Moreover, some new features are discussed, such as management of asthma with the support of physical activity and the use of the AIT as prevention of respiratory diseases and for the purpose of a real and long lasting benefit. The mechanisms of adverse reactions to drugs are also discussed, due to their frequency in this age, especially in polytherapy regimens. Study of the modifications of the immune system is also of great importance, as regards to the distribution of the lymphocytes and also the presence of a chronic inflammatory disease related to the production of cytokines, especially in prevision of all the possible therapies to be adopted to allow an active and healthy aging.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 106 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 9%
Student > Bachelor 10 9%
Student > Master 9 8%
Researcher 8 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 6%
Other 20 19%
Unknown 43 41%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 27 25%
Immunology and Microbiology 9 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 3%
Other 12 11%
Unknown 44 42%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 17. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 January 2024.
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#2,147,530
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#20
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#44,209
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Outputs of similar age from Clinical and Molecular Allergy
#2
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