Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020 Ticks are arthropod ectoparasite vectors of pathogens and the cause of allergic reactions affecting human health worldwide. In humans, tick bites can induce high levels of immunoglobulin E antibodies against the carbohydrate Galα1-3Galβ1-(3)4GlcNAc-R (α ...
Marinela Contreras +10 more
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Correlation between Endometriosis and Selected Allergic and Autoimmune Diseases and Eating Habits
Medicina, 2022 Background and Objectives: Endometriosis is a hormone-dependent chronic inflammatory disease with serious reproductive and general health consequences.
Aleksandra Nowakowska +4 more
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Dietary Maillard reaction products: implications for human health and disease [PDF]
, 2018 When foods are heat processed, the sugars and lipids react with the proteins they contain via the Maillard and related reactions to form a wide range of products.
Ames, Jenny
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Peptidomics of an in vitro digested α-Gal carrying protein revealed IgE-reactive peptides
Scientific Reports, 2017 The mammalian carbohydrate galactose-α1,3-galactose (α-Gal) causes a novel form of food allergy, red meat allergy, where patients experience severe allergic reactions several hours after red meat consumption.
D. Apostolovic +6 more
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Alpha-Gal Syndrome in Children: Peculiarities of a “Tick-Borne” Allergic Disease
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021 The alpha-gal syndrome is an allergic syndrome that comprises two clinical pictures: an immediate hypersensitivity to drugs containing alpha-gal and a delayed hypersensitivity to the ingestion of red mammalian meat.
Francesca Saretta +12 more
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Immune system function, stress, exercise and nutrition profile can affect pregnancy outcome: Lessons from a Mediterranean cohort [PDF]
, 2013 This article is made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Pregnancy is associated with major physiological and future psychosocial changes, and maternal adaptation to these changes is crucial for normal foetal development ...
Gidron, Y +5 more
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Dietary meat and fat intake and prevalence of rhinoconjunctivitis in pregnant Japanese women: baseline data from the Kyushu Okinawa Maternal and Child Health Study [PDF]
, 2012 Background Dietary fat exerts numerous complex effects on proinflammatory and immunologic pathways. Several epidemiological studies have examined the relationships between intake of fatty acids and/or foods high in fat and allergic rhinitis, but have ...
Hitomi Okubo +4 more
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The History of Carbohydrates in Type I Allergy
Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 Although first described decades ago, the relevance of carbohydrate specific antibodies as mediators of type I allergy had not been recognized until recently.
Miriam Hils +6 more
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Serotyping of Toxoplasma gondii Infection Using Peptide Membrane Arrays. [PDF]
, 2019 The intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii can cause chronic infections in most warm-blooded animals, including humans. In the USA, strains belonging to four different Toxoplasma clonal lineages (types 1, 2, 3, and 12) are commonly isolated, whereas ...
Arranz-Solís, David +6 more
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A pediatric case of tick‐bite–Induced meat allergy and recall urticaria
Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Alpha‐gal syndrome should be suspected also in children in case of typical allergic symptoms in the evening or night during tick seasons and the event of recall urticaria. It is, however, still a challenge for both patients and clinicians.
May Saleem, Caroline Nilsson
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