history of the world allergy organization time to change!世界变态反应组织的历史时间改变!.pdfVIP

NOTES OF ALLERGY WATCHERS History of the World Allergy Organization: Time to Change! S. G. O. Johansson, MD, PhD (WAO Journal 2011; 4:184– 187) and characterization of serum components, and I was asked to establish immunoelectrophoresis for characterization of immu- noglobulins and to study sera from patients with suspected History of the World Allergy Organization: In 1951, the immunological diseases. A research group was then formed leaders in allergy from all over the world came with the aim to isolate and characterize human immuno- together to form the International Association of Aller- globulins. My colleague Hans Bennich was interested in the gology and Clinical Immunology (IAACI). For the next isolation and characterization of human immunoglobulins, 60 years, the allergy world converged at the IAACI which included fragmentation with reduction/alkylation and triennial meetings, which became biennial in 2003. digestion by proteolytic enzymes. I raised antisera in rabbits to The international meetings, originally named the Inter- identify the various fragments but also to set up immunoassays national Congress of Allergology and Clinical Immu- to characterize and quantitate the 3 known immunoglobulin nology (ICACI), are now the World Allergy Congress classes and their constituents, to support clinical