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A Case of α-Gal-Unrelated Red Meat-Induced Urticaria Treated by Omalizumab
Case Reports in Dermatology, 2021 A 70-year-old healthy woman was referred to our hospital for chronic urticaria. She did not have a history of allergy, asthma, and rhinitis. She was initially diagnosed with α-gal-related urticaria based on an episode of delayed-type urticaria after ...
Makoto Kondo +6 more
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Life, 2023 (1) Background: alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is a serious, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. This is a type of food allergy to red meat and other mammalian products (e.g., gelatin). In Poland, this problem seems to be rare or, more likely, very
Kinga Lis +5 more
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Alpha-gal syndrome: the first report in Poland
Central European Journal of Immunology, 2021 Alpha-gal syndrome is an immunoglobulin E (IgE)-dependent allergy to galactose--1,3-galactose, resulting in a delayed anaphylactic reaction to red meat.
Mirella Brzozowska +2 more
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A Case of Tick-Bite-Induced Red Meat Allergy [PDF]
Military Medicine, 2014 Delayed hypersensitivity disorders and food allergies are often challenging for the clinician and patient alike. A recent discovery of an IgE antibody specific to galactose-α-1,3-galactose, which is a carbohydrate abundantly expressed on cells and tissues of beef, pork, and lamb, adds one more tool to aid the clinician in making the appropriate ...
Marc F, Wuerdeman, Joshua M, Harrison
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α-Gal Syndrome: Busting Paradigms in Food Allergy
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2023 α-Gal syndrome, also known as red or mammalian meat allergy, results from immunoglobulin E–mediated hypersensitivity responses to the carbohydrate galactose-α-1,3-galactose (α-gal).
Onyinye I. Iweala
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The first reported cases of meat allergy following tick bites in the UK
JRSM Open, 2021 Allergic reactions frequently involve the production of immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies to proteins. However, reactions directed against carbohydrate moieties are increasingly being recognised.
Rhea A Bansal +5 more
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Foods, 2022 The alpha-Gal Syndrome is a delayed meat allergy characterized by the presence of sIgE against α-Gal epitope. It is known that the α-Gal present in tick saliva induces the sensitization to this epitope ending in the production of sIgG and sIgE to α-Gal ...
Alejandro Joral +7 more
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Red meat and colon cancer : should we become vegetarians, or can we make meat safer ? [PDF]
, 2011 The effect of meat consumption on cancer risk is a controversial issue. However, recent meta-analyses show that high consumers of cured meats and red meat are at increased risk of colorectal cancer.
Denis E. Corpet +2 more
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Case Reports in Dermatology, 2016 We report the first case of allergy to red meat observed in Ivory Coast. A 49-year-old male presented with pruritus. The diagnosis of allergy to red meat was confirmed by an assay for IgE antibodies specific for alpha-1,3 galactose.
Mamadou Kaloga +9 more
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Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 2023 Cross-reactivity of allergens is the cause of various, sometimes unexpected, clinical reactions. There are no standard methods to investigate cross-reactivity.
Kinga Lis +5 more
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