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In this issue of Immunology & Allergy Clinics, guest editor Dr. Cem Akin brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Mast Cell Disorders. Top experts in the field provide readers with information on the identification, management, and treatment of mast cell disorders and mastocytosis. Contains 9 relevant, practice-oriented topics including drug and venom allergy in mastocytosis; quality of life in mastocytosis; effect of gender and special considerations for women in mastocytosis and anaphylaxis; management of mediator symptoms, allergy, and anaphylaxis in mastocytosis; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on mast cell disorders, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Offers coverage of practical and theoretical implications of current research into mast cell biology, emphasizing the role of the mast cell in human diseases. The text covers all aspects of the mast cell from growth and differentiation to its function in such conditions as asthma and skin disease.
Mast cells are allergy cells responsible for immediate allergic reactions. They cause allergic symptoms by releasing products called "mediators" stored inside them or made by them. In allergic reactions, this release occurs when the allergy antibody, which is present on the mast cell surfaces, binds to proteins that cause allergies, called allergens. This triggering is called activation, and the release of these mediators is called degranulation. Some of these mediators are stored in granules in the mast cells and are released quickly and others are made slowly only after the cell has been triggered. Mast cells can also be activated by other substances, such as medications, infections, insec...
This unique book offers an in-depth, best-practices guide to diagnosis and management of mastocytosis, a too-often underdiagnosed disease. Mastocytosis: A Comprehensive Guide will open with a general overview and discussion of mast cell biology, addressing tryptase and other diagnostic markers in detail. Comprehensive diagnostic criteria and classification will follow, with special emphasis on commonly-seen related manifestations: skin disease, pediatric mastocytosis, gastrointestinal indicators, osteoporosis, anaphylaxis, venom and drug allergy, and pregnancy. Mastocytosis will be an ideal resource for not only the allergist confronted with this condition, but for a growing, multi-disciplinary audience of hematologists, gastroenterologists, dermatologists, pediatricians, primary care providers and other clinicians who encounter this disease in their patients.
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At 542 pages and referencing over 1200 academic articles, this book is the longest and most thorough resource on mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) to date. Allergies and anaphylaxis are on the rise, alongside gastrointestinal problems, skin issues, fatigue, orthopedic pain, neurological symptoms, and just about everything in between. Patients are coming out of the woodwork with chronic, debilitating, often invisible illness. Recent research estimates that 14%-17% of the population may have mast cell activation disease. Much of the medical community has never heard of the condition, and existing mainstream treatment tends to focus predominantly on pharmacological management. However, once ...
This issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics, guest edited by Mariana C. Castells, MD, is devoted to Mastocytosis. Articles in this issue include: New Insight into Clonal Mast Cell Disorders Including Mastocytosis; Cutaneous Mastocytosis in Adults and Children: New Classification and Prognostic Factors; Hymenoptera Anaphylaxis as a Clonal Mast Cell Disorder; Non Clonal Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: A growing body of evidence; Familial Tryptasemia Syndromes: Genotyping and Symptoms; POTS and EDS: Entities Associated to Mast Cell Activation; KIT Mutations: New Insight and Diagnostic Value; Patients’ Perceptions in Mast Cell Activation Disorders; Mast Cell Mediators of Significance in Clinical Practice; Tyrosine Kinase Inhibition in Mast Cell Activation Disorders; Gastrointestinal Involvement in Mast Cell Activation Disorders; Bone Marrow Expression of Mast Cell Disorders; Genomics and Proteonomics in Clonal Mast Cell Disorders; and Pediatric Expression of Mast Cell Activation Disorders.
This issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics, edited by Dr. Cem Akin, is devoted to Mastocytosis. Articles in this issue include Human Mast Cell Signal Transduction; Mast cell tryptase role in homeostasis and coagulation; Mastocytosis: Current Classification and Diagnostic criteria; Epidemiology, risk factors and prognosis of mastocytosis; Mast cell sarcoma: Clinical management; Molecular defects in mastocytosis: c-kit mutations and beyond; Flow cytometry in mastocytosis: Utility as a diagnostic and prognostic tool; Morphology of mastocytosis with special reference to immunophenotypical aberrancies; CD30 expression in mastocytosis; Extramedullary mastocytosis: Pathologic aspects; Bone involvement and osteoporosis in mastocytosis; Drug allergy in mastocytosis; Eosinophilia in mastocytosis; Venom allergy and mastocytosis; Skin disease in mastocytosis; Treatment of advanced mastocytosis; Treatment strategies of mediator related symptoms in mastocytosis; and Neuro and psychological involvement in Mastocytosis.