Presentación    
GROUP 44.
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ALLERGIC DISEASES
Composition
Name
Position
Institution
Santiago Quirce Gancedo
Jefe de Servicio en Alergia
Hospital Universitario La Paz
María Pilar Barranco Sanz
Facultativo Especialista de Área en Alergología
Hospital Universitario La Paz
María Teresa Belver González
Facultativo Especialista de Área en Alergología
Hospital Universitario La Paz
Teresa Bellón Heredia
Investigador. Jefa de Laboratorio
Hospital Universitario La Paz
Irina Diana Bobolea
Facultativo Especialista de Área en Alergología
Hospital Universitario La Paz
María Teresa Boyano Martínez
Facultativo Especialista de Área en Alergología
Hospital Universitario La Paz
María del Rosario Cabañas Moreno
Facultativo Especialista de Área en Alergología
Hospital Universitario La Paz
Francisco Javier Contreras Porta
Facultativo Especialista de Área en Alergología
Hospital Universitario La Paz
Salvador Escamochero González
Investigador Predoctoral
Hospital Universitario La Paz
Ana María del Carmen Fiandor Román
Facultativo Especialista de Área en Alergología
Hospital Universitario La Paz
María Carmen García Ara
Facultativo Especialista de Área en Alergología
Hospital Universitario La Paz
María Concepción López Serrano
Jefe de Sección en Alergia
Hospital Universitario La Paz
María Flora Martín Muñoz
Facultativo Especialista de Área en Alergología
Hospital Universitario La Paz
Santiago Olalde Sánchez
Facultativo Especialista de Área en Alergología
Hospital Universitario La Paz
María Pedrosa Delgado
Facultativo Especialista de Área en Alergología
Hospital Universitario La Paz
María de las Nieves Prior Gómez
Facultativo Especialista de Área en Alergología
Hospital Universitario La Paz
María Teresa Caballero Molina
Facultativo Especialista de Área en Alergología
Hospital Universitario La Paz
 
Summary
These group members are specialists in various areas of allergic diseases, which enables them to perform clinical studies and basic research on the main allergic diseases (food allergies, asthma and rhinitis, urticaria/angio-oedema and drug allergies). The group’s strategic research objectives include:
- The development of new techniques to improve the diagnosis of food allergies by determining the molecular sensitisation profile.
- The treatment of food allergies with oral desensitisation protocols.
- The study of hyperresponsiveness and airway inflammation in asthma, as well as the role of allergen exposure and comorbidities in this disease.
- The study of the pathogenesis and treatment of eosinophilic diseases of the airways (eosinophilic bronchitis) and the gastrointestinal tract (eosinophilic oesophagitis)
- The characterisation of various types of angio-oedema caused by Bradykinin (hereditary and acquired) and improvements in their diagnosis and treatment
- Research on the epidemiology and mechanism of severe adverse reactions caused by immune mechanism drugs.
Lines of research
• Food allergy (milk, egg, fruit, cereals): Molecular diagnosis (by allergenic components) and treatment with oral desensitisation.
• Epidemiology, physiopathology, diagnosis and treatment of angioedema and urticaria
• Studies on bronchial hyperresponsiveness to direct and indirect agents and airway inflammation.
• Eosinophilic diseases of the respiratory tract (eosinophilic bronchitis) and digestive system (eosinophilic esophagitis).
• Persistent and difficult to control asthma: Study on the influence of common and occupational allergens, comorbidities and new therapies. 
• Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD): Inflammatory markers and desensitisation protocol.
• Adverse immunologic reactions to drugs: Study on the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved.