CAT ALLERGY

About 1 out of 3 homes in the United States have a pet cat. People who own cats carry allergens like cat dander on their shoes and clothes. Cat dander allergens have been found in public buildings and even in homes that do not have cats. This makes it hard for people who are allergic to cats to stay away from cat dander completely. Being allergic to cats can cause your eyes to get itchy, watery and red. Your nose may become itchy, runny or stuffed and you may sneeze a lot... The Immune Tolerance Network (ITN) is a collaborative network for clinical research focused on the development of therapeutic approaches for asthma and allergy, autoimmune diseases, type 1 diabetes and solid organ transplantation that lead to immune tolerance. These tolerogenic approaches aim to reprogram the immune system so that disease-causing immune responses are stopped while maintaining the immune system's ability to combat pathogen infection.