New possibilities of allergen-specific immunotherapy in relation to the induction of antiviral immunity in patients with bronchial asthma

Abstract

Relevance. The review examines modern ideas about the immunomodulatory effect of allergen-specific immunotherapy in relation to increasing resistance to infectious pathogens. The information presented will allow clinicians to take a more conscious approach to the process of planning therapy for bronchial asthma, considering allergen-specific immunotherapy not only as a tool for pathogenetic treatment of causally significant sensitization, but also as a tool for immunomodulatory therapy against respiratory viral infections.Purpose of the work: systematization of accumulated experience in order to provide information for the practicing physician.

Keywords

• bronchial asthma
• allergen-specific immunotherapy
• il-6
• il-33
• ifn-β
• viral infection