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ReviewCurrent allergy and asthma reports2026

Updates on Immunologic Responses to Aeroallergen Immunotherapy Since the 2011 US Practice Parameters on Allergen Immunotherapy.

Désirée Larenas-Linnemann, Dennis Ledford

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Review in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Désirée Larenas-LinnemannCentro de Excelencia en Asma y Alergia Larenas, Hospital Médica Sur, Mexico City, Mexico. desireelarenas@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-5713-5331
Dennis LedfordJames A. Haley VA Hospital, Morsani College of Medicine, James A. Haley VA Hospital, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2541-7075

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Abstract

purpose of reviewIn 2011, the AAAAI/ACAAI Joint Task Force published the third practice parameter on allergen immunotherapy (AIT), summarizing the contemporary understanding of AIT immunologic mechanisms. Since, major advances have substantially expanded insight into this complex field. This review briefly revisits earlier concepts and then focuses on newer mechanistic findings and emerging ideas, that yet have to be developed further to better understand AIT mechanisms. RECENT

findingsStructural cells are now recognized as active contributors to the initiation of allergic inflammation; AIT reduces their pro-inflammatory activation. The innate immune system particularly type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s), plays an important role in initiating and sustaining allergic responses. AIT reduces the activation and/or number of the innate immune cells, potentially contributing to immune tolerance. Within the adaptive immune system Th2A and Tfh13 are the main pro-allergic effector cells, while regulatory T and B-cell subsets have been identified as key mediators of the long-term tolerance induced by AIT. Mechanistic differences between sublingual and subcutaneous AIT are also increasingly apparent: SCIT promotes serum allergen-specific IgG4 and serum blocking activity, while SLIT induces local nasal allergen-specific IgA1. Finally, AIT dose-response relationships vary between individuals, which may explain the clinical need for dose adjustments in some patients. The significance of molecular, proteomic, genetic and metabolic changes documented with AIT remains under investigation. Advances in understanding allergic immune responses and the complex immune changes (including cell plasticity) induced by AIT, might pave the way for enhanced AIT efficacy and predictive biomarkers in the future.

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AllergensDesensitization, ImmunologicHypersensitivityAnimalsHumansImmune ToleranceImmunity, InnatePractice Guidelines as TopicUnited StatesAllergensAllergen ImmunotherapyB Regulatory CellsDendritic CellsMechanismsT Regulatory Cells

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