Advances in food allergy
Collection published: 2 January 2012
Last updated: 20 December 2012
Food allergy can be lifestyle changing and as a leading cause of anaphylaxis it can also be life-threatening. The incidence of food allergy in children aged 0-5 is thought to have doubled in the last 10 years, and continues to affect millions of adults.
Awareness and diagnosis of food allergy as well as effective management and treatment for sufferers is imperative in order to prevent life-threatening events. Key areas of focus to aid further understanding of food hypersensitivity as well as to help provide improved support for patients include:
epidemiology of food allergy
diagnosis, from clinical to molecular
mechanisms involved in sensitisation
allergy manifestations and tolerance
predictive factors
active treatment options both allergen-specific and non allergen-specific
This cross-journal collection brings together the findings published in BioMed Central's allergy journals. We hope that this coordinated focus on food allergy will help to raise awareness and stimulate interest within the community.
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Food allergies in developing and emerging economies: need for comprehensive data on prevalence rates
Joyce Irene Boye Clinical and Translational Allergy 2012, 2:25 (20 December 2012)
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The 11S globulin Sin a 2 from yellow mustard seeds shows IgE cross-reactivity with homologous counterparts from tree nuts and peanut
Sofía Sirvent, Martial Akotenou, Javier Cuesta-Herranz, Andrea Vereda, Rosalía Rodríguez, Mayte Villalba, Oscar Palomares Clinical and Translational Allergy 2012, 2:23 (11 December 2012)
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Intact skin and not stripped skin is crucial for the safety and efficacy of peanut epicutaneous immunotherapy (EPIT) in mice
Lucie Mondoulet, Vincent Dioszeghy, Emilie Puteaux, Mélanie Ligouis, Véronique Dhelft, Franck Letourneur, Christophe Dupont, Pierre-Henri Benhamou Clinical and Translational Allergy 2012, 2:22 (12 November 2012)
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IL-7Rα and L-selectin, but not CD103 or CD34, are required for murine peanut-induced anaphylaxis
Steven Maltby, Erin J DeBruin, Jami Bennett, Matthew J Gold, Matthew C Tunis, Zhiqi Jian, Jean S Marshall, Kelly M McNagny Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 2012, 8:15 (31 August 2012)
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The strategies that peanut and nut-allergic consumers employ to remain safe when travelling abroad
Julie Barnett, Neil Botting, M Gowland, Jane S Lucas Clinical and Translational Allergy 2012, 2:12 (9 July 2012)
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Predictive value of IgE/IgG4 antibody ratio in children with egg allergy
Shindou Okamoto, Shoichiro Taniuchi, Kyoko Sudo, Yasuko Hatano, Keiji Nakano, Tomohiko Shimo, Kazunari Kaneko Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 2012, 8:9 (7 June 2012)
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Can dietary fibre help provide safer food products for sufferers of gluten intolerance? A well-established biophysical probe may help towards providing an answer
M Kök, Richard Gillis, Shirley Ang, David Lafond, Arthur S Tatham, Gary Adams, Stephen E Harding BMC Biophysics 2012, 5:10 (17 May 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Stephen Harding and colleagues speculate on the role that the ultracentrifuge assay procedure could play in detecting non-toxic biopolymers capable of sequestering ingested gluten peptides, with the eventual aim of reducing gluten intolerance symptoms.
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Skin prick testing with extensively heated milk or egg products helps predict the outcome of an oral food challenge: a retrospective analysis
Zein Faraj, Harold L Kim Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 2012, 8:5 (16 May 2012)
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What are the beliefs of pediatricians and dietitians regarding complementary food introduction to prevent allergy?
Sara Leo, John Dean, Edmond S Chan Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 2012, 8:3 (21 March 2012)
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FAST: towards safe and effective subcutaneous immunotherapy of persistent life-threatening food allergies
Laurian Zuidmeer-Jongejan, Montserrat Fernandez-Rivas, Lars K Poulsen, Angela Neubauer, Juan Asturias, Lars Blom, Joyce Boye, Carsten Bindslev-Jensen, Michael Clausen, Rosa Ferrara, Paula Garosi, Hans Huber, Bettina M Jensen, Stef Koppelman, Marek L Kowalski, Anna Lewandowska-Polak, Birgit Linhart, Bernard Maillere, Adriano Mari, Alberto Martinez, Clare EN Mills, Claudio Nicoletti, Dirk-Jan Opstelten, Nikos G Papadopoulos, Antonio Portoles, Neil Rigby, Enrico Scala, Heidi J Schnoor, Sigurveig T Sigurdardottir, George Stavroulakis, Frank Stolz, Ines Swoboda, Rudolf Valenta, Rob van den Hout, Serge A Versteeg, Marianne Witten, Ronald van Ree et al.
Clinical and Translational Allergy 2012, 2:5 (9 March 2012)
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Anaphylactic Reactions to Oligosaccharides in Red Meat: a Syndrome in Evolution
Hana Saleh, Scott Embry, Andromeda Nauli, Seif Atyia, Guha Krishnaswamy Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2012, 10:5 (7 March 2012)
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No systemic reactions to influenza vaccination in egg-sensitized tertiary-care pediatric patients
Julia Upton, David Hummel, Anna Kasprzak, Adelle Atkinson Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 2012, 8:2 (2 March 2012)
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The usefulness of casein-specific IgE and IgG4 antibodies in cow's milk allergic children
Komei Ito, Masaki Futamura, Robert Movérare, Akira Tanaka, Tsutomu Kawabe, Tatsuo Sakamoto, Magnus P Borres Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2012, 10:1 (2 January 2012)
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