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Antiallergic activity of Lactobacillus plantarum against peanut allergy in a Balb/c mouse model

Food and Agricultural Immunology, 2019
Antiallergic activities of Lactobacillus plantarum (L. plantarum) prepared from kimchi as orally administered probiotics were examined in type I peanut allergy mice models. Oral administration with L.
Xin Yang, Ye Liu, Xiaodan Guo, Qiao Bai, Xiaofan Zhu, Hong Ren, Qiwen Chen, Tianli Yue, Fangyu Long   +8 more
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Paediatric anaphylaxis in South Africa

World Allergy Organization Journal, 2022
Introduction: Anaphylaxis is a severe, life-threatening generalized hypersensitivity reaction. While guidelines to reduce the morbidity, risk, and mortality of anaphylaxis are widely available, adherence to these is often suboptimal.
Sa-eeda Chippendale, MBChB, Kirsten Reichmuth, MBChB, Margitta Worm, MD, Michael Levin, PhD   +3 more
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Therapeutic effects of a fermented soy product on peanut hypersensitivity is associated with modulation of T‐helper type 1 and T‐helper type 2 responses [PDF]

Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 2008
SummaryBackground ImmuBalance™ is a koji fungus (Aspergillus oryzae) and lactic acid fermented soybean product. This unique production process is believed to create a food supplement that helps to induce or maintain normal immune response.Objective To assess possible therapeutic effects of ImmuBalance™ on peanut (PN) hypersensitivity using ...
T, Zhang, W, Pan, M, Takebe, B, Schofield, H, Sampson, X-M, Li   +5 more
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Allergen-Specific IgA Antibodies Block IgE-Mediated Activation of Mast Cells and Basophils

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Mast cells and basophils have long been implicated in the pathogenesis of IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reactions. They express the high-affinity IgE receptor, FcϵRI, on their surface. Antigen-induced crosslinking of IgE antibodies bound to that receptor
Yasmeen S. El Ansari, Yasmeen S. El Ansari, Cynthia Kanagaratham, Cynthia Kanagaratham, Oliver T. Burton, Jenna V. Santos, Brianna-Marie A. Hollister, Owen L. Lewis, Harald Renz, Hans C. Oettgen, Hans C. Oettgen   +10 more
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Peanut allergy among schoolchildren in Mexico: findings from a national survey [PDF]

Exploration of Asthma & Allergy
Peanut allergy (PA) is a significant public health problem in Western countries; however, while some previous work has been conducted in Mexico among specific subgroups, the national prevalence of PA in the Mexican population remains unknown.
Martín Bedolla-Barajas, Ma. Gracia Belinda Guerrero-Núñez, Blanca María Morfin-Maciel, German Agustín Rico-Solís, Javier Domínguez-Morales, Alejandro García-Aguirre, Martín Ramírez-Soto, Edna Araceli Santos-Valencia, Daniela Rivero-Yeverino, Sandra Chávez-González, Ileana María Madrigal-Beas, Jaime Morales-Romero   +11 more
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Food allergy in Sri Lanka – A comparative study

World Allergy Organization Journal, 2022
Background: The incidence of IgE mediated food allergy (FA) is increasing in the west. Cow's milk (CM), hen's egg, wheat, soy, peanut, tree nut, fish, and shellfish are responsible for 90% of food allergy in the west; however, local dietary habits may ...
Rajiva de Silva, MD, Chandima Karunatilake, MBBS, Janitha Iddagoda, MSc, Dhanushka Dasanayake, MD   +3 more
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Prevalence of food hypersensitivity in relation to IgE sensitisation to common food allergens among the general adult population in West Sweden

Clinical and Translational Allergy, 2019
Background The prevalence of self-experienced adverse reactions to foods seems to have an increasing trend in both adults and children. However, it is unclear if the prevalence of food hypersensitivity in the Swedish adult population is still rising ...
G. Rentzos, L. Johanson, Emma Goksör, E. Telemo, Bo Lundbäck, L. Ekerljung   +5 more
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Differential release and phagocytosis of tegument glycoconjugates in neurocysticercosis: implications for immune evasion strategies. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2008
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is an infection of the central nervous system (CNS) by the metacestode of the helminth Taenia solium. The severity of the symptoms is associated with the intensity of the immune response.
Jorge I Alvarez, Jennifer Rivera, Judy M Teale   +2 more
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Oral Allergic Syndrome and Recombinant Allergens rBet v 1 and rBet v 2

European Journal of Inflammation, 2007
IgE cross-reactivity to Recombinant Allergens (RA) rBet v 1 and rBet v 2 (profilin) and food allergens may represent a basis for the development of oral allergic syndrome (OAS).
S. Cadoni, M. Ruffelli, S. Fusari, O. De Pità   +3 more
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Pistachio Allergy-Prevalence and In vitro Cross-Reactivity with Other Nuts

Allergology International, 2011
Background: Tree nut allergy is characterized by a high frequency of life-threatening reactions and is typically lifelong persistent. Some people with a pistachio nut allergy, which is common in the pistachio rich area of Iran, develop a hypersensitivity
Reihaneh Noorbakhsh, Seyed Ali Mortazavi, Mojtaba Sankian, Fakhri Shahidi, Mohsen Tehrani, Farahzad Jabbari Azad, Fatemeh Behmanesh, AbdolReza Varasteh   +7 more
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