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Beyond labelling: What strategies do nut allergic individuals employ to make food choices? A qualitative study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This article is made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund. Copyright @ 2013 Barnett et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use ...
Barnett, J   +4 more
core   +6 more sources

An algorithm for diagnosing IgE-mediated food allergy in study participants who do not undergo food challenge. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
BACKGROUND: Food allergy diagnosis in clinical studies can be challenging. Oral food challenges (OFC) are time-consuming, carry some risk and may, therefore, not be acceptable to all study participants.
Batt, R   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

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]

open access: yesClinical & 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   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Allergen-Specific IgA Antibodies Block IgE-Mediated Activation of Mast Cells and Basophils

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

To respond or not to respond - a personal perspective of intestinal tolerance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
For many years, the intestine was one of the poor relations of the immunology world, being a realm inhabited mostly by specialists and those interested in unusual phenomena.
A Besredka   +142 more
core   +1 more source

Peanut allergy among schoolchildren in Mexico: findings from a national survey [PDF]

open access: yesExploration 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   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food allergy in Sri Lanka – A comparative study

open access: yesWorld 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health-related quality of life in food hypersensitive schoolchildren and their families: parents' perceptions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Background About 20% of schoolchildren and adolescents in Sweden suffer from perceived food hypersensitivity (e.g. allergy or intolerance). Our knowledge of how child food hypersensitivity affects parents HRQL and what aspects of the hypersensitivity ...
Birgitta Marklund   +50 more
core   +2 more sources

Prevalence of food hypersensitivity in relation to IgE sensitisation to common food allergens among the general adult population in West Sweden

open access: yesClinical 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Differential release and phagocytosis of tegument glycoconjugates in neurocysticercosis: implications for immune evasion strategies. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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