Recent Advances in Clinical Immunology, Endocrine & Metabolic Drugs: An Editorial Overview

摘要

An analytical review of the articles published in the two issues of Clinical Immunology Endocrine Metabolic Drugs (volume 1, 2014) is reported. Various topics are covered in volume 1 of the journal. Clinical Immunology is represented in six articles related to nickel hypersensitivity (2 articles), therapeutic approaches in human tuberculosis, immune biomarkers in trauma patients, salivary cytokines in normal weight children and oral sensiti-zation in rats. Endocrinology is the main topic of the two articles dealing with polycystic ovary syndrome and androgen receptor antagonists in prostate cancer. The vascular pathophysiology is the major theme of two papers dealing with the role of angiotensin II and post-prandial oxidative burst. Finally, a paper is devoted to antibiotics resistance of four probiotics.