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Newsletter 6 May 2020

 

Webinar 7th May: COVID-19 and the management of respiratory allergy


ALK in partnership with EUFOREA invites you to participate in this LIVE webinar

Thursday 7th May 2020 at 12:00-12:45 CET

The LIVE webinar will be followed by an open question and answer session.

Faculty members:
Prof. Graham Roberts (UK)
Prof. Margitta Worm (Germany)
Prof. Leif Bjermer (Sweden)

Moderated by:
Dr Phil Hammond (UK)

You can find more details of the program and register for the event by clicking here or navigating to www.alk-webinar.net

 

Upcoming thesis defense


20th May: Karin Jonstam
Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology

Title: A personalized approach to chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps

Opponent: Professor Manuel Bernal Sprekelsen, University of Valencia, Department of Surgery, Division of ear, nose and throat

Main supervisor: Lars Olaf Cardell, Co-supervisors: Claus Bachert, Pär Stjärne, Marit Westman

Time: 20th May, 9:00
Venue: Lecture Hall Birger och Margareta Blombäck, NKS
Or via Zoom: https://ki-se.zoom.us/j/69374739604

 

Results from PreventADALL study show that skin moisturizers failed to prevent atopic eczema in babies


Babies regularly treated with bath oil and skin cream are no more protected from developing atopic eczema than other babies, according to results from the PreventADALL study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Oslo in Norway. Early complementary introduction of certain foods to breastfeeding also failed to reduce the presence of atopic eczema during the first 12 months. The findings are published in The Lancet. PI for the Swedish part of the study is CfA researcher Björn Nordlund.

Read more here

 

ATS, EAACI, WAO and ERS will hold digital congresses


Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the EAACI, WAO and ERS congresses will be held in digital format. This may be an excellent opportunity to join these meetings, even if you had not planned to attend the physical versions. The ATS is cancelled, but has made content available on-line. See also below in the secion "Upcoming conferences and meetings in the asthma and allergy area" for details about more conferences.

ATS (American Thoracic Society)
The congress has been cancelled, but select elements of the conference content will be made available in a web-based format later this year. Abstracts accepted for presentation at ATS 2020 have been made available on the Online Program Itinerary on 1st April 2020 and have been published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine on 1st May 2020. https://conference.thoracic.org/attendees/index.php

EAACI (European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)
The EAACI congress will take place in a digital format, 6-8 June 2020. It is still possible to register.
https://www.eaaci.org/eaaci-congresses/eaaci-2020

WAO (World Allergy Organisation)
The WAO International Scientific Conference will be held virtually 16-18 July 2020. Registration is open.
https://www.worldallergy.org/wisc2020

ERS (European Respiratory Society)
The ERS congress will take place 7-9 September as a virtual interactive event. Registration will open beginning of June.
https://erscongress.org/

 

Advise on how to deal with allergy symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic


The symptoms of pollen allergy can be quite similar to an infection with SARS-CoV-2. How to distinguish between them? The Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association has published advise on how to deal with allergy symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic (in Swedish).

https://astmaoallergiforbundet.se/nyheter/rad-till-pollenallergiker-med-snuva-och-hosta/

 

Funding opportunities


The Swedish Heart Lung Foundation has announced extra grants for research related to COVID-19, deadline 7th May.

ERS RESPIRE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellowships, deadline extended to 1st July

 

Recent publications by CfA researchers


Preschool wheezing diagnosis and management-Survey of physicians' and caregivers' perspective. Adamiec A, Ambrożej D, Ryczaj K, Ruszczynski M, Elenius V, Cavkaytar O, Hedlin G, Konradsen JR, Maggina P, Makrinioti H, Papadopoulos N, Schaub B, Schwarze J, Skevaki C, Smits HH, Jartti T, Feleszko W; EAACI Task Force on Clinical Practice Recommendations on Preschool Wheeze. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2020 Feb;31(2):206-209. doi: 10.1111/pai.13142. Epub 2019 Nov 18.

Maternal use of nicotine products and breastfeeding 3 months postpartum. Nordhagen LS, Kreyberg I, Eline S Bains K, Carlsen KH, Glavin K, Skjerven HO, Småstuen MC, Hilde K, Nordlund B, Vettukattil R, Hedlin G, Granum B, Jonassen CM, Gudmundsdóttir HK, Haugen G, Maria Rehbinder E, Söderhäll C, Cathrine Staff A, Lødrup Carlsen KC; PreventADALL study group. Acta Paediatr. 2020 Apr 10. doi: 10.1111/apa.15299. [Epub ahead of print]

CD16high CD62Ldim neutrophils induce nerve-mediated airway hyperreactivity. Ekstedt S, Larsson O, Kumlien Georén S, Cardell LO. Clin Exp Allergy. 2020 Mar 20. doi: 10.1111/cea.13602. [Epub ahead of print]

Connectivity patterns between multiple allergen specific IgE antibodies and their association with severe asthma. Roberts G, Fontanella S, Selby A, Howard R, Filippi S, Hedlin G, Nordlund B, Howarth P, Hashimoto S, Brinkman P, Fleming LJ, Murray C, Bush A, Frey U, Singer F, Malby Schoos AM, van Aalderen W, Djukanovic R, Chung KF, Sterk PJ, Adnan C; U-BIOPRED Consortium. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020 Mar 15. pii: S0091-6749(20)30341-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.02.031. [Epub ahead of print]

 

A preseason booster prolongs the increase of allergen specific IgG4 levels, after basic allergen intralymphatic immunotherapy, against grass pollen seasonal allergy. Weinfeld D, Westin U, Hellkvist L, Mellqvist UH, Jacobsson I, Cardell LO. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol. 2020 Apr 28;16:31. doi: 10.1186/s13223-020-00427-z. eCollection 2020

Sputum microbiome profiles identify severe asthma phenotypes of relative stability at 12-18 months. Abdel-Aziz MI, Brinkman P, Vijverberg SJH, Neerincx AH, Riley JH, Bates S, Hashimoto S, Kermani NZ, Chung KF, Djukanovic R, Dahlén SE, Adcock IM, Howarth PH, Sterk PJ, Kraneveld AD, Maitland-van der Zee AH; U-BIOPRED Study Group. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020 Apr 27. pii: S0091-6749(20)30565-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.04.018. [Epub ahead of print

Eosinophils synthesize trihydroxyoctadecenoic acids (TriHOMEs) via a 15-lipoxygenase dependent process. Fuchs D, Tang X, Johnsson AK, Dahlén SE, Hamberg M, Wheelock CE. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids. 2020 Apr;1865(4):158611. doi: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2020.158611. Epub 2020 Jan 7.

NORDSTAR: paving the way for a new era in asthma research. Geale K, Darabi H, Lindh M, Fues Wahl H, Ström O, Cao H, Alvares L, Dodge R, Loefroth E, Altraja A, Backer V, Backman H, Bjermer L, Bossios A, Bøgvald Aarli B, Dahlén B, Hilberg O, Janson C, Kankaanranta H, Karjalainen J, Kauppi P, Kilpeläinen M, Lehmann S, Lehtimäki L, Lundbäck B, Sandström T, Ulrik CS, Sverrild A, Viinanen A, von Bülow A, Yasinska V, Porsbjerg C. Eur Respir J. 2020 Apr 3;55(4). pii: 1902476. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02476-2019. Print 2020 Apr. No abstract available.

Cytokines regulate the antigen-presenting characteristics of human circulating and tissue-resident intestinal ILCs. Rao A, Strauss O, Kokkinou E, Bruchard M, Tripathi KP, Schlums H, Carrasco A, Mazzurana L, Konya V, Villablanca EJ, Björkström NK, Lindforss U, Spits H, Mjösberg J. Nat Commun. 2020 Apr 27;11(1):2049. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15695-x.

Assessment of Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI) reference equations for diffusing capacity in relation to respiratory burden in the Swedish CArdioPulmonary BioImage Study (SCAPIS). Malinovschi A, Zhou X, Bake B, Bergström G, Blomberg A, Brisman J, Caidahl K, Engström G, Eriksson MJ, Frølich A, Janson C, Jansson K, Vikgren J, Lindberg A, Linder R, Mannila M, Persson HL, Sköld CM, Torén K, Östgren CJ, Wollmer P, Engvall JE. Eur Respir J. 2020 Apr 27. pii: 1901995. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01995-2019. [Epub ahead of print]

Positive Phadiatop Infant (Phinf) can predict allergic disease during childhood. Glaumann S, Lilja G, Nopp A, Nilsson C. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2020 Apr 27. doi: 10.1111/pai.13266. [Epub ahead of print]

Handling of allergen immunotherapy in the COVID-19 pandemic: An ARIA-EAACI statement. Klimek L, Jutel M, Akdis C, Bousquet J, Akdis M, Bachert C, Agache I, Ansotegui I, Bedbrook A, Bosnic-Anticevich S, Canonica GW, Chivato T, Cruz AA, Czarlewski W, Giacco SD, Du H, Fonseca JA, Gao Y, Haahtela T, Hoffmann-Sommergruber K, Ivancevich JC, Khaltaev N, Knol EF, Kuna P, Larenas-Linnemann D, Melen E, Mullol J, Naclerio R, Ohta K, Okamoto Y, O'Mahony L, Onorato GL, Papadopoulos NG, Pawankar R, Pfaar O, Samolinski B, Schwarze J, Toppila-Salmi S, Shamji MH, Ventura MT, Valiulis A, Yorgancioglu A, Matricardi P, Zuberbier T; ARIA-MASK study group. Allergy. 2020 Apr 24. doi: 10.1111/all.14336. [Epub ahead of print]

Highly sensitive ELISA-based assay for quantification of allergen-specific IgE antibody levels. Karsonova A, Riabova K, Villazala-Merino S, Campana R, Niederberger V, Eckl-Dorna J, Fröschl R, Perkmann T, Zhernov YV, Elisyutina OG, Fedenko ES, Khaitov MR, Fomina D, Beltiukov E, van Hage M, Grönlund H, Valenta R, Karaulov A, Curin M. Allergy. 2020 Apr 17. doi: 10.1111/all.14325. [Epub ahead of print]

Current perspective on eicosanoids in asthma and allergic diseases - EAACI Task Force consensus report, part I. Sokolowska M, Rovati GE, Diamant Z, Untersmayr E, Schwarze J, Lukasik Z, Sava F, Angelina A, Palomares O, Akdis C, O'Mahony L, Sanak M, Dahlen SE, Woszczek G. Allergy. 2020 Apr 12. doi: 10.1111/all.14295. [Epub ahead of print]

A novel whole blood gene expression signature for asthma, dermatitis, and rhinitis multimorbidity in children and adolescents. Lemonnier N, Melén E, Jiang Y, Joly S, Ménard C, Aguilar D, Acosta-Perez E, Bergström A, Boutaoui N, Bustamante M, Canino G, Forno E, Ramon González J, Garcia-Aymerich J, Gruzieva O, Guerra S, Heinrich J, Kull I, Ibarluzea Maurolagoitia J, Santa-Marina Rodriguez L, Thiering E, Wickman M, Akdis C, Akdis M, Chen W, Keil T, Koppelman GH, Siroux V, Xu CJ, Hainaut P, Standl M, Sunyer J, Celedón JC, Maria Antó J, Bousquet J. Allergy. 2020 Apr 11. doi: 10.1111/all.14314. [Epub ahead of print]

Changes of DNA methylation are associated with changes in lung function during adolescence. Sunny SK, Zhang H, Rezwan FI, Relton CL, Henderson AJ, Merid SK, Melén E, Hallberg J, Arshad SH, Ewart S, Holloway JW. Respir Res. 2020 Apr 7;21(1):80. doi: 10.1186/s12931-020-01342-y.

The use of short-acting beta-2 adrenergic receptor agonists for asthma increased among Finnish and Swedish children from 2006 to 2017. Kivistö JE, Karjalainen J, Huhtala H, Protudjer JLP. Acta Paediatr. 2020 Apr 7. doi: 10.1111/apa.15288. [Epub ahead of print]

Urinary Exosomes from Bladder Cancer Patients Show a Residual Cancer Phenotype despite Complete Pathological Downstaging. Hiltbrunner S, Mints M, Eldh M, Rosenblatt R, Holmström B, Alamdari F, Johansson M, Veerman RE, Winqvist O, Sherif A, Gabrielsson S. Sci Rep. 2020 Apr 6;10(1):5960. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-62753-x.

Biologicals in atopic disease in pregnancy: an EAACI position paper. Pfaller B, Yepes-Nuñez JJ, Agache I, Akdis CA, Alsalamah M, Bavbek S, Bossios A, Boyman O, Chaker A, Chan S, Chatzipetrou A, du Toit G, Jutel M, Kauppi P, Kolios A, Li C, Matucci A, Marson A, Bendien S, Palomares O, Rogala B, Szepfalusi Z, Untersmayr E, Vultaggio A, Eiwegger T. Allergy. 2020 Mar 18. doi: 10.1111/all.14282. [Epub ahead of print]

Early-life antibiotic use and risk of asthma and eczema: results of a discordant twin study. Slob EMA, Brew BK, Vijverberg SJH, Kats CJAR, Longo C, Pijnenburg MW, van Beijsterveldt TCEM, Dolan CV, Bartels M, Magnusson P, Lichtenstein P, Gong T, Koppelman GH, Almqvist C, Boomsma DI, Maitland-van der Zee AH. Eur Respir J. 2020 Apr 23;55(4). pii: 1902021. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02021-2019. Print 2020 Apr.

Noise exposure and childhood asthma up to adolescence. Wallas AE, Eriksson C, Ögren M, Pyko A, Sjöström M, Melén E, Pershagen G, Gruzieva O. Environ Res. 2020 Jun;185:109404. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109404. Epub 2020 Mar 19.

Acute wheeze-specific gene module shows correlation with vitamin D and asthma medication. Katayama S, Stenberg Hammar K, Krjutškov K, Einarsdottir E, Hedlin G, Kere J, Söderhäll C. Eur Respir J. 2020 Jan 23;55(1). pii: 1901330. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01330-2019. Print 2020 Jan.

 

Upcoming conferences and meetings
in the asthma and allergy area


Postponed: Tolerance Conference, organised by the Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association. The new dates will be announced later

Cancelled, contents digitally available: ATS International Conference, 15-20 May 2020, Philadelphia, USA

Cancelled: EHRS - European Histamine Research Society Conference, 21-23 May 2020, Düsseldorf/Mühlheim an der Ruhr, Germany

Now in digital format: EAACI Congress, 6-8 June 2020

Now in digital format: WAO International Scientific Conference (WISC), 16-18 July 2020

Now in digital format: ERS International Congress, 7-9 September 2020

EUROBAT (European Consortium on Application of Flow Cytometry in Allergy), 15 October 2020, Manchester, UK

FAAM (Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Meeting), 15-17 October 2020, Manchester, UK

ISAF (International Severe Asthma Forum), 22-24 October 2020, Rome, Italy

Postponed to 30 June-2 July 2021: 8th European Workshop on Lipid Mediators, Stockholm, Sweden

 

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