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- Title
Precision Medicine in House Dust Mite-Driven Allergic Asthma.
- Authors
Eguiluz-Gracia, Ibon; Palomares, Francisca; Salas, Maria; Testera-Montes, Almudena; Ariza, Adriana; Davila, Ignacio; Bartra, Joan; Mayorga, Cristobalina; Torres, Maria Jose; Rondon, Carmen
- Abstract
House dust mites (HDMs) are the allergenic sources most frequently involved in airway allergy. Nevertheless, not every sensitized patient develops respiratory symptoms upon exposure to HDM, and there is a clinical need to differentiate allergic asthmatics (AAs) from atopic non-allergic asthmatics with HDM sensitization. This differentiation sometimes requires in vivo provocations like the bronchial allergen challenge (BAC). Interestingly, recent data demonstrate that non-atopic patients with asthma can also develop positive BAC results. This novel phenotype has been termed local allergic asthma (LAA). The interest in identifying the allergic triggers of asthma resides in the possibility of administering allergen immunotherapy (AIT). AIT is a disease-modifying intervention, the clinical benefit of which persists after therapy discontinuation. Recently, new modalities of sublingual tablets of HDM immunotherapy registered as pharmaceutical products (HDM-SLIT tablets) have become commercially available. HDM-SLIT tablets have demonstrated a robust effect over critical asthma parameters (dose of inhaled corticosteroids, exacerbations, and safety), thus being recommended by international guidelines for patients with HDM-driven AA. In this review, we will summarize the current knowledge on the phenotype and endotype of HDM-driven AA, and LAA, address the difficulties for BAC implementation in the clinic, and discuss the effects of AIT in AA and LAA.
- Subjects
INDIVIDUALIZED medicine; HOUSE dust mites; ATOPY; ASTHMA; DUST; ASTHMATICS
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020, Vol 9, Issue 12, p3827
- ISSN
2077-0383
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/jcm9123827