Die Achse Umwelt‐Erreger‐Wirt bei übertragbaren und nicht übertragbaren Krankheiten: Jüngste Fortschritte in der experimentellen und klinischen Forschung. (May 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gilles, Stefanie; Traidl‐Hoffmann, Claudia
• Is Part Of: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft. Volume 12:Number 5(2014)
• Page Start: 395
• Page End: 400
• Publication Date: 2014-05
• Subjects: Skin -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Dermatology -- Periodicals; 616.5005
• DOI: 10.1111/ddg.12345_suppl
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1610-0379

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Summary</title> <p>Allergies and autoimmune diseases are spreading worldwide. Control of infections, on the other hand, remains an issue, even in the post‐antibiotic era. Chronic or poorly controlled infections occur in immune compromised individuals such as HIV patients, hospitalized patients exposed to multi‐resistant bacteria, or patients on immunosuppressive treatment. They may become an even more emerging issue in an ageing population. At the same time, profound environmental changes such as global warming, urbanization, increasing environmental pollution and novel food engineering technologies may alter the abundance or aggressiveness of allergens/allergen carriers in our environment. Likewise, changes in dietary habits – and possibly also use of antibiotics – have an impact on the composition of our natural microbial flora in the gut, airways and skin, which may alter susceptibility for common diseases, among them allergies, asthma and atopic eczema. At the recently founded Institute of Environmental Medicine of the Technische Universität Munich, located in Augsburg at the UNIKA‐T, experimental, clinical and translational research is focused on the complex interactions of environment, pathogen and host in expression or control of communicable and non‐communicable diseases. We present our research concept and recent findings in environment – host interactions.</p> </abstract>