20-3WS Allergy as an Immune Adaptation Syndrome

Tuesday, 6 December 2011: 15:35 - 15:50
Coral Garden 2 (Fiesta Americana)

Joshua Boyce , Brigham and Women's Hospital, Sherborn, MA

Learning Objectives:
Recognize that increases in the prevalence rates of allergy have occurred too fast to be due to genetic factors

Understand the relationship between microbial exposure and the prevalence of allergic disease

Understand that allergens can mimic some of the features of microbes as a mechanism to support sensitization of susceptible hosts

Recognize that the influences of microbially-derived stimuli on the development of allergic sensitization