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Measuring Local Anaphylaxis in Mice
Published on: October 14, 2014
Anaphylaxis biomarkers: present and future
Summary:
Anaphylaxis is a severe, rapidly developing, and life-threatening systemic hypersensitivity reaction. The diagnosis of anaphylaxis is primarily clinical. Numerous studies on the mechanisms and the biomarkers of the disease are initiated every year. The biomarkers of anaphylaxis may become an important tool for the diagnosis, prevention, repeated risk assessment, severity stratification, and new therapeutic strategies for treatment of the disease. Various immune and non-immune mediators produced and released by effector cell populations are currently considered as biomarkers of anaphylaxis. Here, we review the current data on potential biomarkers of anaphylaxis and the possibilities and perspectives for their use in future clinical practice.
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