Innovation Forum 2019 Cellular Allergy

We would like to invite you to the Innovation Forum Cellular Allergy at BASEL LIFE 2019 on the 12th of September 2019 at the congress center in Basel:

Allergic reactions are common phenomena during which the immune system overreacts to typically harmless substances from the environment. These hypersensitivities are mostly mediated by IgE antibodies that recognize the allergen and then trigger a cellular reaction that may lead to a severe and possibly lethal anaphylactic shock.

This innovation forum at BASEL LIFE 2019 on cellular allergy will be a platform to present cutting-edge research on cellular allergy and its implication in immunotherapy together with novel in vitro approaches in allergy diagnostics and therapy monitoring.

The transition from in vivo oral food challenges or skin-prick tests to in vitro assays based on basophil activation as well as expected FDA clearances of oral immunotherapies are current game changers in allergy diagnostics and treatment.

Additionally, the role of IgE directed immunotherapy (Ligelizumab, Omalizumab, Xolair®) will be discussed. Concomitant monitoring of therapy success with ex vivo challenges is expected to alleviate the burden on allergy patients significantly. The basophil activation test provokes a patient-specific allergic reaction in a test tube mediated by PI3 like kinase signaling of blood cells. This potentially allows  Bruton’s kinase inhibitors, such as Ibrutinib (IMBRUVICA®) to be used not only as treatment for various lymphoma and leukemia, but possibly also for allergy. Therefore, the innovation forum also aims to present novel discoveries in cellular allergy signalling and their importance for novel treatments of allergy.