Happy Midsummer from CfA!

Welcome Anna James!

Congratulations!

New website allergicentrumstockholm.se

The Allergy Centre Stockholm (Allergicentrum Stockholm) started as a collaboration between primary care and specialist care in the pulmonary/allergy, ear-nose-throat and skin areas, the CfA and Karolinska Institutet. Activities included discussion forums and lectures on asthma and allergy at primary care centres.

In 2018 the activities were partially taken over by the Competence Team Asthma/Allergy/COPD at the Academic Primary Care Centre (APC).

The website allergicentrumstockholm.se will continue to be active with support from the patient association Asthma and Allergy, Region Stockholm-Gotland. Recently, this website has been completely renewed, and it will continue to spread information about what happens in the asthma and allergy area in the Stockholm region. It will also continue to be a platform containing information for primary and specialist care.

Read more here about the Allergy Centre Stockholm

Upcoming digital congresses

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many 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.

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

ATS (American Thoracic Society) Virtual Congress 5-10 August
The ATS congress planned to take place in May was cancelled. Instead, a virtual congress will take place 5-10 August. Registration will open soon
https://conference.thoracic.org/program/index.php

ERS (European Respiratory Society) 7-9 September
The ERS congress will take place 7-9 September as a virtual interactive event.
​​​​​​​Registration is open (discounted rate until 23rd June).​​​​​​​
https://erscongress.org/

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This congress has taken place, but it's possible to look at content afterwards:

EAACI (European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)
The EAACI congress took place 6-8 June 2020.
https://www.eaaci.org/eaaci-congresses/eaaci-2020

Funding opportunities

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

The L’Oréal-Unesco For Women in Science Sweden Prize with support of The Young Academy of Sweden, deadline 26 September

Recent publications by CfA researchers

Back to the future: re-establishing guinea pig in vivo asthma models. Adner M, Canning BJ, Meurs H, Ford W, Ramos Ramírez P, van den Berg MPM, Birrell MA, Stoffels E, Lundblad LKA, Nilsson GP, Olsson HK, Belvisi MG, Dahlén SE.Clin Sci (Lond). 2020 Jun 12;134(11):1219-1242. doi: 10.1042/CS20200394.PMID: 32501497

Low frequency of IgE-mediated food hypersensitivity in mastocytosis. Jarkvist J, Brockow K, Gülen T.J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020 Jun 10:S2213-2198(20)30585-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.05.044. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32534147

eNose breathprints as a surrogate biomarker for classifying asthma patients by atopy. Abdel-Aziz MI, Brinkman P, Vijverberg SJH, Neerincx AH, de Vries R, Dagelet YWF, Riley JH, Hashimoto S, Chung KF, Djukanovic R, Fleming LJ, Murray CS, Frey U, Bush A, Singer F, Hedlin G, Roberts G, Dahlén SE, Adcock IM, Fowler SJ, Knipping K, Sterk PJ, Kraneveld AD, Maitland-van der Zee AH; U-BIOPRED Study Group and the Amsterdam UMC Breath Research Group.J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020 Jun 9:S0091-6749(20)30808-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.05.038. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32531371

A singular role for interleukin-9 in the development of asthma. Coquet JM.Sci Immunol. 2020 Jun 12;5(48):eabc4021. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abc4021.PMID: 32532833 Review.

A gap between asthma guidelines and management for adolescents and young adults. Ödling M, Andersson N, Hallberg J, Almqvist C, Janson C, Bergström A, Melén E, Kull I.J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020 Jun 6:S2213-2198(20)30530-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.05.034. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32522564

Bringing asthma care into the twenty-first century. Larsson K, Kankaanranta H, Janson C, Lehtimäki L, Ställberg B, Løkke A, Høines K, Roslind K, Ulrik CS.NPJ Prim Care Respir Med. 2020 Jun 5;30(1):25. doi: 10.1038/s41533-020-0182-2.PMID: 32503985 Review.

Effects of MP-AzeFlu enhanced by activation of bitter taste receptor TAS2R. Ekstedt S, Kumlien Georén S, Cardell LO.Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol. 2020 Jun 3;16:45. doi: 10.1186/s13223-020-00438-w. eCollection 2020.PMID: 32514276

Increased MUC1 plus a larger quantity and complex size for MUC5AC in the peripheral airway lumen of long-term tobacco smokers. Padra M, Andersson A, Levänen B, Premaratne P, Asgeirsdottir H, Tengvall S, Christenson K, Stockfelt M, Bozinovski S, Yoshihara S, Lantz AS, Palmberg L, Dahlén B, Larsson K, Qvarfordt I, Lindén SK, Lindén A.Clin Sci (Lond). 2020 May 29;134(10):1107-1125. doi: 10.1042/CS20191085.PMID: 32400877

Male sex is strongly associated with IgE-sensitization to airborne but not food allergens: results up to age 24 years from the BAMSE birth cohort. Melén E, Bergström A, Kull I, Almqvist C, Andersson N, Asarnoj A, Borres MP, Georgellis A, Pershagen G, Westman M, van Hage M, Ballardini N.Clin Transl Allergy. 2020 May 25;10:15. doi: 10.1186/s13601-020-00319-w. eCollection 2020.PMID: 32489587

Asthma and subsequent school performance at age 15-16 years: A Swedish population-based sibling control study. Lundholm C, Brew BK, D'Onofrio BM, Osvald EC, Larsson H, Almqvist C.Sci Rep. 2020 May 6;10(1):7661. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-64633-w.PMID: 32377014

Asthma genetics revisited: understanding disease mechanisms by studying ethnically diverse groups. Melén E.Lancet Respir Med. 2020 May;8(5):427-429. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30044-8.PMID: 32380063

Upcoming conferences and meetings
in the asthma and allergy area

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