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Anna Balato
Researcher at University of Naples Federico II
Publications - 192
Citations - 4390
Anna Balato is an academic researcher from University of Naples Federico II. The author has contributed to research in topics: Psoriasis & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 170 publications receiving 3350 citations.
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The European baseline series in 10 European Countries, 2005/2006--results of the European Surveillance System on Contact Allergies (ESSCA)
Wolfgang Uter,C. Rämsch,Werner Aberer,Fabio Ayala,Anna Balato,Aiste Beliauskiene,Anna Belloni Fortina,Andreas J. Bircher,Jochen Brasch,Mahbub M. U. Chowdhury,Pieter Jan Coenraads,Marielouise Schuttelaar,Susan Cooper,Maria Teresa Corradin,Peter Elsner,John S. C. English,Manigé Fartasch,Vera Mahler,Peter J. Frosch,Thomas Fuchs,David J. Gawkrodger,Ana-Maria Gimènez-Arnau,C. Green,Helen L. Horne,Riitta Jolanki,C. M. King,Beata Krecisz,Marta Kieć-Swierczyńska,Anthony Ormerod,David Orton,Andrea Peserico,Tapio Rantanen,Thomas Rustemeyer,Jane E. Sansom,Dagmar Simon,B. N. Statham,Mark Wilkinson,Axel Schnuch +37 more
TL;DR: Continual surveillance based on patch test results has proved useful for the identification of contact allergy and will continue to be a useful tool for this purpose.
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Natural killer T cells: an unconventional T-cell subset with diverse effector and regulatory functions.
TL;DR: NKT-cells are emerging as an important subset of lymphocytes, with a protective role in host defense and a pathogenic role in certain immune-mediated disease states, as well as in tumor immunity, and certain autoimmune diseases.
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Therapeutics targeting the IL-23 and IL-17 pathway in psoriasis.
TL;DR: In this paper, the IL-23 and IL-17 pathway was targeted for treatment of psoriasis and showed good efficacy in clinical trials. But, their effects on long-term disease modification and psoriiasis-associated comorbidities still need to be explored.
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Current patch test results with the European baseline series and extensions to it from the 'European Surveillance System on Contact Allergy' network, 2007-2008.
Wolfgang Uter,Werner Aberer,José Carlos Armario-Hita,J.M. Fernández-Vozmediano,Fabio Ayala,Anna Balato,Andrea Bauer,Barbara Ballmer-Weber,Aiste Beliauskiene,Anna Belloni Fortina,Andreas J. Bircher,Jochen Brasch,Mahbub M. U. Chowdhury,Pieter Jan Coenraads,Marielouise Schuttelaar,Susan Cooper,Magda Czarnecka-Operacz,Maria Zmudzinska,Peter Elsner,John S. C. English,Peter J. Frosch,Thomas Fuchs,Juan García-Gavín,Virginia Fernández-Redondo,David J. Gawkrodger,Ana Giménez-Arnau,C. Green,Helen L. Horne,Jeanne D. Johansen,Riitta Jolanki,Maria Pesonen,Clodagh M. King,Beata Krecisz,Dorota Chomiczewska,Marta Kieć-Swierczyńska,F Larese,Vera Mahler,Anthony Ormerod,Andrea Peserico,Tapio Rantanen,Thomas Rustemeyer,Javier Sánchez-Pérez,Jane E. Sansom,J.F. Silvestre,Dagmar Simon,Radoslaw Spiewak,B. N. Statham,Natalie M. Stone,Mark Wilkinson,Axel Schnuch +49 more
TL;DR: The pattern of contact sensitization to the supposedly most important allergens assembled in the baseline series differs between countries, presumably at least partly because of exposure differences.
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Systemic Treatment of Adult Atopic Dermatitis: A Review.
Matteo Megna,Maddalena Napolitano,Cataldo Patruno,Alessia Villani,Anna Balato,Giuseppe Monfrecola,Fabio Ayala,Nicola Balato +7 more
TL;DR: This review focuses on the use of systemic treatments in adult AD patients analyzing published literature and indicates that standardized international guidelines are lacking, and the treatment approach widely differs among diverse countries.