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Banche islamiche: criticità del sistema e profili di regolamentazione. Prospettive di armonizzazione
No full textFINANZA ISLAMICA
BANCHE ISLAMICHE
ARMONIZZAZIONE
VIGILANZ
LA GOVERNANCE EUROPEA DEL MERCATO CREDITIZIO.
No full textScopo primario della ricerca è stato quello di indagare, muovendo da un'analisi ampia sulla crisi economico-finanziaria, le riforme che hanno interessato, al livello europeo, il mercato del credito, con particolare attenzione al recente progetto dell'unione bancaria, di cui sono stati messi in risalto gli aspetti di pregio ed i punti di maggiore criticità, sotto il profilo della sovranità, della cultura della vigilanza e della legittimazione democratica delle istituzioni coinvolte
The Role of Vitamin D in Allergic Diseases in Children
No full textThe role of vitamin D in calcium and phosphate homeostasis is well known; however, in addition to traditional functions, vitamin D modulates a variety of processes, and evidence shows that it has an important role in different allergic diseases such as asthma, atopic dermatitis, and food allergy. Vitamin D acts by binding to the vitamin D receptor, which is present in a variety of tissues; for this reason it is considered a hormone. One of the most important functions is to modulate the immune system response, both innate and adaptive, by suppressing Th2-type response and increasing natural killer cells. Recent studies show that higher serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D were associated with a reduced risk for asthma exacerbations and hospitalization. Other experimental data suggest that vitamin D can potentially increase the therapeutic response to glucocorticoid and potentially be used as an add-on treatment in steroid-resistant asthmatic patients. However, vitamin D stimulates the production and regulation of skin antimicrobial peptides, such as cathelicidins, which have both direct antimicrobial activity and induced host cellular response by triggering cytokine release. Recent evidence suggests that low blood vitamin D level is a risk factor for food allergy; vitamin D deficiency predisposes to gastrointestinal infections, which may promote the development of food allergy. In conclusion, several data suggest that serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels are often insufficient in children with asthma, atopic dermatitis, and food allergy. Further clinical trials are needed to provide conclusive evidence and to identify the effects of vitamin D in allergic diseases
The role of probiotics in the clinical management of food allergy and atopic dermatitis.
No full textAbstract: The probiotics are cultures of potentially benefitial bacteria that positively affects host by enhancing the microbial balance and therefore restore the normal intestinal permeability and gut microecology, improve the intestine’s immunologic barrier function and reduce the generation of proinflammatory cycochines characteristicsof allergic inflammation. The authors made a survey of the most relevant studies concerning the use of probiotics in the food allergy, atopic dermatitis, and in primary prevention of atopy. On the basis of these trials probiotic therapy alleviates allergic inflammation as demonstrated by the control of clinical symptoms and the reduction of local and systemic inflammatory markers
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