Beyond labelling: What strategies do nut allergic individuals employ to make food choices? A qualitative study [PDF]
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An algorithm for diagnosing IgE-mediated food allergy in study participants who do not undergo food challenge. [PDF]
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
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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]
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
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Allergen-Specific IgA Antibodies Block IgE-Mediated Activation of Mast Cells and Basophils
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
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To respond or not to respond - a personal perspective of intestinal tolerance [PDF]
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.
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Peanut allergy among schoolchildren in Mexico: findings from a national survey [PDF]
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
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Food allergy in Sri Lanka – A comparative study
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
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Health-related quality of life in food hypersensitive schoolchildren and their families: parents' perceptions [PDF]
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
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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
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Differential release and phagocytosis of tegument glycoconjugates in neurocysticercosis: implications for immune evasion strategies. [PDF]
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
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