The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 122, Issue 4 , Pages 700-709 , October 2008

New insights into mechanisms of immunoregulation in 2007

  • Cezmi A. Akdis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Cezmi A. Akdis, MD, Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), Obere Strasse 22, CH7270 Davos, Switzerland.

Received 8 July 2008 ,Accepted 11 July 2008.

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 The author's laboratory is supported by Swiss National Foundation grant 32-118226 and the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN), Saurer Foundation, and Vormals Bündner Heilsttatte Arosa Foundation.

 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: C. A. Akdis has received research support from the Swiss National Science Foundation, AllergoPharma Joachim-Ganzer KG Germany, and Stallergens France; has served as Vice President of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology; has served as a committee member and assembly member for the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network; and is an American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology fellow.

PII: S0091-6749(08)01502-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.07.048

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 122, Issue 4 , Pages 700-709 , October 2008

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