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<records><record><journalTitle>Journal of Basic &amp; Clinical Medical Sciences</journalTitle><issn>2959-9202</issn><eissn>2959-9210</eissn><publicationDate>2022-09-13</publicationDate><volume>2</volume><startPage>4</startPage><endPage>14</endPage><doi>10.58398/0002.000008</doi><documentType>article</documentType><title language="eng">Applications of nanotechnology in allergy and asthma</title><authors><author><name>Saima Pervaiz</name><orcid_id/></author><author><name>Sara Masood Cheema</name><orcid_id/></author><author><name>Tahir Shaheen</name><orcid_id/></author><author><name>Romeeza Tahir</name><orcid_id/></author><author><name>Zeeshan Haider</name><orcid_id/></author><author><name>Saba Shamim</name><orcid_id/></author></authors><affiliationsList><affiliationName affiliationId="1">Department of Immunology, University of Health Sciences, Pakistan</affiliationName><affiliationName affiliationId="2"/><affiliationName affiliationId="3"/></affiliationsList><affiliationsList><affiliationName affiliationId="1">The University of Lahore, Pakistan</affiliationName><affiliationName affiliationId="2"/><affiliationName affiliationId="3"/></affiliationsList><affiliationsList><affiliationName affiliationId="1">Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children’s Hospital, University of Child Health Sciences, Pakistan</affiliationName><affiliationName affiliationId="2"/><affiliationName affiliationId="3"/></affiliationsList><affiliationsList><affiliationName affiliationId="1">Department of Immunology, University of Health Sciences, Pakistan</affiliationName><affiliationName affiliationId="2"/><affiliationName affiliationId="3"/></affiliationsList><affiliationsList><affiliationName affiliationId="1">Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), The University of Lahore, Pakistan</affiliationName><affiliationName affiliationId="2"/><affiliationName affiliationId="3"/></affiliationsList><affiliationsList><affiliationName affiliationId="1">Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), The University of Lahore, Pakistan</affiliationName><affiliationName affiliationId="2"/><affiliationName affiliationId="3"/></affiliationsList><abstract language="eng">The increasing incidence of allergic diseases requires effective curative strategies for their alleviation. Allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT) is a causal treatment technique instead of a symptomatic treatment technique for allergies. At present, AIT is being offered utilizing immunization response modifiers (IRMs) or adjuvants. The adjuvant helps in vigorous inaugral as well as long-term IR (immune response), thus enhancing the efficacy of AIT. The successful development of novel additives requires complete knowledge regarding the underdevelopment of novel and conservative additives. Hence, this review describes the applications of nanotechnology in allergic disorders, namely, allergies and asthma. The development of vaccines based on nanoparticles (NPs) is an important strategy for AIT because of their innate physicochemical characteristics, production ease and capacity to incite inherent immunity.</abstract></record></records>
