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Mederos-Luis E, Poza-Guedes P, Pineda F, Sánchez-Machín I, González-Pérez R. Gastropod Allergy: A Comprehensive Narrative Review. Curr Issues Mol Biol 2024; 46:5950-5964. [PMID: 38921026 PMCID: PMC11202862 DOI: 10.3390/cimb46060355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2024] [Revised: 06/10/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
Abstract
Food allergies have increased significantly in recent decades, with shellfish being a leading cause of food allergy and anaphylaxis worldwide, affecting both children and adults. The prevalence of shellfish allergies is estimated to be approximately 0.5-2.5% of the general population, varying significantly by geographical location, age, and consumption habits. Although mollusk consumption has risen, the prevalence of mollusk allergies remains unknown. While extensive research has focused on crustacean allergies, mollusk allergies, particularly those related to gastropods, have received comparatively less attention. Clinical manifestations of shellfish allergy range from localized symptoms to life-threatening systemic reactions, such as anaphylaxis. Notably, severe bronchospasm is a predominant clinical feature in cases involving gastropods. Several allergens have been identified in mollusks, including paramyosin, tropomyosin, and sarcoplasmic calcium-binding protein. In gastropods, documented allergens include tropomyosin, paramyosin, the heavy chain of myosin, and Der p 4 amylase. Diagnosis typically involves a thorough clinical history, skin testing, in vitro quantification of immunoglobulin (Ig) E, and confirmation through an oral challenge, although the latter is reserved for selected cases. This narrative review highlights the limited research on gastropod allergy. It provides a comprehensive list of purified and recombinant allergens and discusses the applications of component-resolved diagnosis as well as current therapeutic developments.
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- Elena Mederos-Luis
- Allergy Department, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, 38320 Tenerife, Spain; (E.M.-L.); (P.P.-G.); (I.S.-M.)
- Food Allergy Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, 38320 Tenerife, Spain
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- Allergy Department, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, 38320 Tenerife, Spain; (E.M.-L.); (P.P.-G.); (I.S.-M.)
- Food Allergy Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, 38320 Tenerife, Spain
- Severe Asthma Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, 38320 Tenerife, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Canarias (IISC), 38200 Tenerife, Spain
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- Allergy Department, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, 38320 Tenerife, Spain; (E.M.-L.); (P.P.-G.); (I.S.-M.)
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Canarias (IISC), 38200 Tenerife, Spain
- Allergen Immunotherapy Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, 38320 Tenerife, Spain
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- Allergy Department, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, 38320 Tenerife, Spain; (E.M.-L.); (P.P.-G.); (I.S.-M.)
- Severe Asthma Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, 38320 Tenerife, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Canarias (IISC), 38200 Tenerife, Spain
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Warren CM, Bartell TR. Sociodemographic inequities in food allergy: Insights on food allergy from birth cohorts. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2024; 35:e14125. [PMID: 38656700 DOI: 10.1111/pai.14125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2024] [Revised: 03/18/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
Abstract
A large and growing corpus of epidemiologic studies suggests that the population-level burden of pediatric FA is not equitably distributed across major sociodemographic groups, including race, ethnicity, household income, parental educational attainment, and sex. As is the case for more extensively studied allergic disease states such as asthma and atopic dermatitis epidemiologic data suggest that FA may be more prevalent among certain populations experiencing lower socioeconomic status (SES), particularly those with specific racial and ethnic minority backgrounds living in highly urbanized regions. Emerging data also indicate that these patients may also experience more severe FA-related physical health, psychosocial, and economic outcomes relating to chronic disease management. However, many studies that have identified sociodemographic inequities in FA burden are limited by cross-sectional designs that are subject to numerous biases. Compared with cross-sectional study designs or cohorts established later in life, birth cohorts offer advantages relative to other study designs when investigators seek to understand causal relationships between exposures occurring during the prenatal or postnatal period and the atopic disease status of individuals later in life. Numerous birth cohorts have been established across recent decades, which include evaluation of food allergy-related outcomes, and a subset of these also have measured sociodemographic variables that, together, have the potential to shed light on the existence and possible etiology of sociodemographic inequities in food allergy. This manuscript reports the findings of a comprehensive survey of the current state of this birth cohort literature and draws insights into what is currently known, and what further information can potentially be gleaned from thoughtful examination and further follow-up of ongoing birth cohorts across the globe.
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- Christopher M Warren
- Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Patrick M. Magoon Institute for Healthy Communities, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Trinh THK, Duong CN, Pham THT, Au HDT, Tran LT, Nguyen CV, Nguyen HBG, Tran NM, Phan QQ, Le TNA, Nguyen N. Risk Factors for Severe Seafood Allergy Among Adults in an Urban City in Vietnam. J Asthma Allergy 2024; 17:167-179. [PMID: 38497090 PMCID: PMC10944135 DOI: 10.2147/jaa.s448565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024] Open
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Purpose Increasing seafood consumption is associated with more frequent reports of food allergy. Little is known about seafood allergy (SFA) among adults in Vietnam. We investigated the characteristics of individuals with SFA and the risk factors for severe SFA. Patients and methods A cross-sectional, web-based survey was conducted among individuals aged ≥ 18 years from universities in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) between December 2021 and July 2022. The survey was based on a structured, validated questionnaire related to FA. Strict definitions of "convincing allergy" were used. Multivariate analysis was used to estimate the risk factors for severe SFA after adjusting for covariates. Data were analyzed using JASP (v.0.16.3) and SPSS (v.22.0). Results Totally, 1038 out of 2137 (48.57%) individuals completed the questionnaire, of whom 285 (27.46%) had reported SFA. Convincing SFA accounted for 20.13% (209/1038) of the cases, with convincing shellfish allergy being more common than fish allergy. Participants with comorbid shellfish and fish allergy had higher prevalence of atopic dermatitis, peanut/nut allergy, other food allergy, and cutaneous and upper airway symptoms compared to participants with shellfish allergy (p < 0.05). The spectrum of reactive seafood was diverse and characterized by local species. The age of symptom onset was most commonly during late childhood and adolescence, with most reactions persisting into adulthood. A history of anaphylaxis, comorbid peanut, and tree nut allergy, and ≥3 allergens were associated with severe SFA. Conclusion Features of causative, coexisting seafood allergy, and risk factors for severe SFA were demonstrated, which can provide a reference for future studies.
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- Tu H K Trinh
- Center for Molecular Biomedicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Hasaki Clinic, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Oaks BM, Gyimah EA, Kleban E, Ragsdale K, Iannotti LL. Mollusc and crustacean consumption in the first 1000 days: a scoping review. Nutr Res Rev 2024:1-11. [PMID: 38343136 DOI: 10.1017/s0954422424000064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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Mollusc and crustacean consumption in the first 1000 d may improve maternal and child health by providing essential nutrients. However, in some contexts, molluscs and crustaceans have been associated with allergies and environmental contamination, potentially leading to adverse health and development outcomes. It is unclear whether the health benefits of consuming molluscs and crustaceans, collectively classified as shellfish in nutrition, are outweighed by the potential risks to pregnant women and children. We conducted a scoping review (PROSPERO: CRD42022320454) in PubMed, Scopus and EBSCO Global Health of articles published between January 2000 and March 2022 that assessed shellfish consumption during pregnancy, lactation or childhood (0-2 years) in relation to maternal health, child health or child development. A total of forty-six articles were included in this review. Overall, shellfish consumption was associated with higher biomarkers of environmental contaminants, with mercury being the most studied and having the strongest evidence base. The limited research on nutritional biomarker status shows an association between shellfish consumption and iodine status. Preterm birth was not associated with shellfish consumption, but newborn anthropometry showed mixed results, with several studies reporting lower birth weight with higher shellfish consumption. The few studies that examined child development and maternal health outcomes reported no significant associations. This review revealed trade-off health risks and benefits with inclusion of molluscs and crustaceans in the dietary patterns of mothers and young children. More research is needed to understand how these aquatic animal-source foods may be safely consumed and leveraged for improving human nutrition.
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- Brietta M Oaks
- Department of Nutrition, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA
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- Institute for Global Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
- Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Schoos AMM, Chan ES, Wong T, Erdle SC, Chomyn A, Soller L, Mak R. Bypassing the build-up phase for oral immunotherapy in shrimp-allergic children. World Allergy Organ J 2024; 17:100865. [PMID: 38351903 PMCID: PMC10862060 DOI: 10.1016/j.waojou.2023.100865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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Background Oral immunotherapy is an effective treatment for food allergies; however, its use in clinical practice is limited by resources and lack of standardized protocols for foods other than peanut. Previous studies have suggested that shrimp has a higher threshold for reaction than other allergenic foods, suggesting it may be safe to directly administer maintenance doses of immunotherapy. Methods Children aged 3-17 years who had 1) skin prick test ≥3 mm and/or specific IgE level ≥0.35 kU/L and convincing objective IgE-mediated reaction to shrimp, or 2) no ingestion history and specific IgE level ≥5 kU/L, underwent a low-dose oral food challenge to 300 mg shrimp protein, with the goal of continuing daily ingestion of the 300 mg maintenance dose as oral immunotherapy. Results Between January 2020 and April 2023, 17 children completed the low-dose oral food challenge. Nine (53%) tolerated this amount with no reaction, and 8 (47%) had a mild reaction (isolated oral pruritis or redness on chin). Sixteen (94%) continued maintenance low-dose oral immunotherapy eating 300 mg shrimp protein daily. None of the patients developed anaphylaxis related to the immunotherapy. Conclusion Our case series suggests that some shrimp allergic patients being considered for oral immunotherapy should be offered a low-dose oral food challenge, to potentially bypass the build-up phase of immunotherapy.
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- Ann-Marie M. Schoos
- COPSAC, Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Pediatrics, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Division of Allergy, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Division of Allergy, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Division of Allergy, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Division of Allergy, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Division of Allergy, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Division of Allergy, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Song X, Ding X, Niu P, Chen T, Yan T. The Associations between Exposure to Multiple Heavy Metals and Total Immunoglobulin E in U.S. Adults. TOXICS 2024; 12:116. [PMID: 38393211 PMCID: PMC10891582 DOI: 10.3390/toxics12020116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Revised: 01/25/2024] [Accepted: 01/27/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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Immunoglobulin E (IgE) is a type of immunoglobulin, and elevated serum total IgE is often present in allergic diseases. Exposure to environmental heavy metals has been markedly linked to allergic diseases, leading to elevated total IgE levels. However, studies concerning the effects of multiple metal exposures on total IgE levels are limited. Therefore, the current study seeks to explore the correlation between heavy-metal co-exposure and total IgE levels based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES, 2005-2006). Participants possessed complete data on total IgE levels, 11 urinary metal concentrations and other covariates. The correlations between 11 metals and total IgE levels were analyzed using multiple linear regression, and total IgE levels were a continuous variable. Total IgE levels exceeding 150 kU/L were considered sensitized. Binary logistic regression analyses were employed to assess the correlation between metal exposure and the occurrence of an allergic state. Then, the association between co-exposure to the 11 metals and total IgE levels or the occurrence of sensitization status was further analyzed by Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR), a multi-contaminant model. There were 1429 adults with complete data included. Based on the median concentration, molybdenum (Mo) had the highest concentration (46.60 μg/L), followed by cesium (Cs), barium (Ba), lead (Pb), and mercury (Hg). And the median (interquartile range) for total IgE levels was 43.7 (17.3, 126.0) kU/L. Multiple linear regression results showed that Pb was significantly and positively associated with total IgE levels (β = 0.165; 95% CI: 0.046, 0.284). Binary logistic regression showed a significant positive correlation between urinary Pb (OR: 1.258; 95% CI: 1.052, 1.510) and tungsten (W) (OR: 1.251; 95% CI: 1.082, 1.447). Importantly, the BKMR model found a positive correlation between combined-metal exposure and total IgE levels and the occurrence of sensitization status. The mixed heavy-metal exposure was associated with increased total IgE levels, and this association may be driven primarily by the exposure of Pb and W. This study provides new insights into the relationship between heavy-metal exposure and allergic diseases. More research is needed to confirm these findings.
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- Xin Song
- Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China; (X.S.)
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Beijing Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention and Treatment, Beijing 100093, China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China; (X.S.)
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China; (X.S.)
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Beijing Institute of Occupational Disease Prevention and Treatment, Beijing 100093, China
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Smeekens JM, Kesselring JR, Bagley K, Kulis MD. A Mouse Model of Shrimp Allergy with Cross-Reactivity to Crab and Lobster. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2717:311-319. [PMID: 37737994 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3453-0_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
Abstract
Food allergies are a growing public health problem with recent estimates of 10% of the US population affected by this immunologic disease. The quality of life is greatly impaired in food allergic individuals and their caregivers due to constant vigilance and fear of accidental exposure. Shellfish allergies are of particular concern because their prevalence has increased over the past 15 years, now affecting an estimated 3% of the adult population and 1.3% of children in the USA. Additionally, they are rarely outgrown, can result in fatal reactions, and there are no FDA-approved therapies for shellfish allergies. Reactions to one type of shellfish, crustaceans (shrimp, lobster, and crab), can be especially severe. The major crustacean allergens are highly conserved across species, resulting in high cross-reactivity of IgE between shrimp, lobster, and crab in allergic individuals. To develop novel therapies for shellfish allergies, preclinical mouse models are required. In this chapter, we present detailed methodology to induce shrimp allergy in CC027 mice. Once sensitized, mice produce shrimp-specific IgE, that is cross-reactive with lobster and crab, and experience anaphylaxis upon shrimp challenge. This model can be used to further investigate mechanisms of sensitization and preclinical testing of therapies.
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- Johanna M Smeekens
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
- UNC Food Allergy Initiative, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- UNC Food Allergy Initiative, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- UNC Food Allergy Initiative, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Li S, Chu KH, Wai CYY. Genomics of Shrimp Allergens and Beyond. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:2145. [PMID: 38136967 PMCID: PMC10742822 DOI: 10.3390/genes14122145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Allergy to shellfishes, including mollusks and crustaceans, is a growing health concern worldwide. Crustacean shellfish is one of the "Big Eight" allergens designated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and is the major cause of food-induced anaphylaxis. Shrimp is one of the most consumed crustaceans triggering immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated allergic reactions. Over the past decades, the allergen repertoire of shrimp has been unveiled based on conventional immunodetection methods. With the availability of genomic data for penaeid shrimp and other technological advancements like transcriptomic approaches, new shrimp allergens have been identified and directed new insights into their expression levels, cross-reactivity, and functional impact. In this review paper, we summarize the current knowledge on shrimp allergens, as well as allergens from other crustaceans and mollusks. Specific emphasis is put on the genomic information of the shrimp allergens, their protein characteristics, and cross-reactivity among shrimp and other organisms.
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- Shanshan Li
- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; (S.L.); (K.H.C.)
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- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; (S.L.); (K.H.C.)
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou 510000, China
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- Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Hub of Paediatric Excellence, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Miraglia del Giudice M, Dinardo G, Klain A, D’Addio E, Bencivenga CL, Decimo F, Indolfi C. Anaphylaxis after Shrimp Intake in a European Pediatric Population: Role of Molecular Diagnostics and Implications for Novel Foods. CHILDREN (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 10:1583. [PMID: 37892246 PMCID: PMC10605710 DOI: 10.3390/children10101583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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(1) Background: Tropomyosin is a major cause of shellfish allergy and anaphylaxis triggered by food. It acts as a pan-allergen, inducing cross-reactivity in insects, dust mites, crustaceans, and mollusks. Our study investigates anaphylaxis in children with asthma or atopic diseases after consuming tropomyosin-containing food. (2) Methods: We analyzed the molecular sensitization profiles of pediatric patients at the University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli' from 2017 to 2021, with conditions such as allergic rhinitis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, urticaria, and food allergies. (3) Results: Out of a total of 253 patients aged 1 to 18 years (167 males, 86 females), 21 patients (8.3%) experienced anaphylaxis after shrimp ingestion. All 21 (100%) were sensitized to various tropomyosins: Pen m 1 (100%), Der p 10 (90.5%), Ani s 3 (81%), and Bla g 7 (76.2%). Clinical symptoms included allergic asthma (76.2%), atopic dermatitis (61.9%), urticaria (38.1%), and allergic rhinitis (38.1%). (4) Conclusions: Crustaceans and mollusks are major allergens in Italy and Europe, requiring mandatory declaration on food labels. Italian pediatric patients demonstrated significant anaphylaxis after consuming shrimp, often accompanied by multiple atopic disorders such as asthma, rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis. Considering the cross-reactivity of tropomyosin among various invertebrates and the emergence of 'novel foods' containing insect flours in Europe, there is ongoing debate about introducing precautionary labeling for these products.
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- Department of Woman, Child and of General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy; (M.M.d.G.); (A.K.); (E.D.); (C.L.B.); (F.D.); (C.I.)
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Giannetti A, Pession A, Bettini I, Ricci G, Giannì G, Caffarelli C. IgE Mediated Shellfish Allergy in Children-A Review. Nutrients 2023; 15:3112. [PMID: 37513530 PMCID: PMC10386692 DOI: 10.3390/nu15143112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Revised: 07/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Shellfish is a leading cause of food allergy and anaphylaxis worldwide. Recent advances in molecular characterization have led to a better understanding of the allergen profile. High sequence homology between shellfish species and between shellfish and house dust mites leads to a high serological cross-reactivity, which does not accurately correlate with clinical cross-reactions. Clinical manifestations are immediate and the predominance of perioral symptoms is a typical feature of shellfish allergy. Diagnosis, as for other food allergies, is based on SPTs and specific IgE, while the gold standard is DBPCFC. Cross-reactivity between shellfish is common and therefore, it is mandatory to avoid all shellfish. New immunotherapeutic strategies based on hypoallergens and other innovative approaches represent the new frontiers for desensitization.
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- Arianna Giannetti
- Paediatrics Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy; (A.G.); (A.P.)
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- Paediatrics Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy; (A.G.); (A.P.)
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- Paediatrics Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy; (A.G.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy;
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- Clinica Pediatrica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Medicine and Surgery Department, Università di Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy;
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- Clinica Pediatrica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Medicine and Surgery Department, Università di Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy;
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Giovannini M, Beken B, Buyuktiryaki B, Barni S, Liccioli G, Sarti L, Lodi L, Pontone M, Bartha I, Mori F, Sackesen C, du Toit G, Lopata AL, Muraro A. IgE-Mediated Shellfish Allergy in Children. Nutrients 2023; 15:2714. [PMID: 37375617 DOI: 10.3390/nu15122714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2023] [Revised: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Shellfish, including various species of mollusks (e.g., mussels, clams, and oysters) and crustaceans (e.g., shrimp, prawn, lobster, and crab), have been a keystone of healthy dietary recommendations due to their valuable protein content. In parallel with their consumption, allergic reactions related to shellfish may be increasing. Adverse reactions to shellfish are classified into different groups: (1) Immunological reactions, including IgE and non-IgE allergic reactions; (2) non-immunological reactions, including toxic reactions and food intolerance. The IgE-mediated reactions occur within about two hours after ingestion of the shellfish and range from urticaria, angioedema, nausea, and vomiting to respiratory signs and symptoms such as bronchospasm, laryngeal oedema, and anaphylaxis. The most common allergenic proteins involved in IgE-mediated allergic reactions to shellfish include tropomyosin, arginine kinase, myosin light chain, sarcoplasmic calcium-binding protein, troponin c, and triosephosphate isomerase. Over the past decades, the knowledge gained on the identification of the molecular features of different shellfish allergens improved the diagnosis and the potential design of allergen immunotherapy for shellfish allergy. Unfortunately, immunotherapeutic studies and some diagnostic tools are still restricted in a research context and need to be validated before being implemented into clinical practice. However, they seem promising for improving management strategies for shellfish allergy. In this review, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnosis, and management of shellfish allergies in children are presented. The cross-reactivity among different forms of shellfish and immunotherapeutic approaches, including unmodified allergens, hypoallergens, peptide-based, and DNA-based vaccines, are also addressed.
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- Mattia Giovannini
- Allergy Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, 50139 Florence, Italy
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, School of Medicine, Acibadem University, 34303 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Koc University, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Allergy Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- Allergy Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- Allergy Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
- Immunology Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- Allergy Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, 50139 Florence, Italy
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- Pediatric Allergy Group, Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK
- Children's Allergy Service, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Allergy Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, 50139 Florence, Italy
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Koc University, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Pediatric Allergy Group, Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Course Sciences, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK
- Children's Allergy Service, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London SE1 7EH, UK
- Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London SE5 9NU, UK
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- Molecular Allergy Research Laboratory, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia
- Tropical Futures Institute, James Cook University, Singapore 387380, Singapore
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- Food Allergy Referral Centre, Department of Mother and Child Health, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy
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Warren CM, Aktas ON, Manalo LJ, Bartell TR, Gupta RS. The epidemiology of multifood allergy in the United States: A population-based study. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2023; 130:637-648.e5. [PMID: 36596337 PMCID: PMC10217773 DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2022.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Revised: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated food allergies (FAs) are increasingly common among US children and adults. Not only can living with FA impose considerable physical health impacts, but it also imposes economic burden and can negatively affect quality of life. Limited data indicate that allergy to multiple foods (multi-FA) also may be common, but much remains unknown about its distribution and determinants. OBJECTIVE To characterize the prevalence, characteristics, determinants, psychosocial burden, and distribution of multi-FA among a large, nationally representative sample of US children and adults. METHODS A US population-based survey was administered. Estimates of multi-FA prevalence, conditional frequencies of multi-FA combinations, and associated factors were derived. Latent class analyses were conducted using 9 dichotomized indicators of specific FA prevalence, which were used to determine factors associated with latent class membership and characterize FA-related psychosocial burden within each class. RESULTS Surveys were completed for 38,408 children and 40,443 adults. Among children and adults meeting established symptom-report criteria for FA, an estimated 40% and 48% had multi-FA, respectively. Among pediatric and adult populations with convincing FAs, the lifetime reported prevalence of physician-diagnosed atopic comorbidities increased significantly as the number of reported current convincing FAs increased, as did the proportion reporting multi-FA-related health care utilization and higher perceived psychosocial burden. Latent class analyses suggested the existence of the following 4 key latent phenotypes of multi-FA: milk and egg-dominant, seafood-dominant, peanut and tree nut-dominant, and broadly multi-food allergic. CONCLUSION The US population-level burden of multi-FA is high among both children and adults, and data indicate the presence of 4 major phenotypes of multi-FA in both populations.
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- Christopher M Warren
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
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- Division of Clinical Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rockville, Maryland
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- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois
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- Patrick M. Magoon Institute for Healthy Communities, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; Patrick M. Magoon Institute for Healthy Communities, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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Xiao S, Sahasrabudhe N, Yang M, Hu D, Sleiman P, Hochstadt S, Cabral W, Gilliland F, Gauderman WJ, Martinez F, Hakonarson H, Kumar R, Burchard EG, Williams LK. Differences in Self-Reported Food Allergy and Food-Associated Anaphylaxis by Race and Ethnicity Among SAPPHIRE Cohort Participants. THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. IN PRACTICE 2023; 11:1123-1133.e11. [PMID: 36403896 PMCID: PMC10085828 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2022.10.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Revised: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although food allergies are considered common, relatively little is known about disparities in food allergy by race in the United States. OBJECTIVE To evaluate differences in reported food allergy and food-associated anaphylaxis among individuals enrolled in a longitudinal cohort study from metropolitan Detroit, Michigan. METHODS Participants in the Study of Asthma Phenotypes and Pharmacogenomic Interactions by Race-Ethnicity (SAPPHIRE) were asked about food allergies, including the inciting food and associated symptoms. Individuals were considered to have food-associated anaphylaxis if symptoms coincided with established clinical criteria. Logistic regression was used to assess whether race difference persisted after adjusting for and stratifying by potential confounders. African genetic ancestry was individually estimated among African American SAPPHIRE participants to assess whether ancestry was associated with food allergy. RESULTS Within the SAPPHIRE cohort, African American participants were significantly more likely to report food allergy (26.1% vs 17%; P = 3.47 × 10-18) and have food-associated anaphylactic symptoms (12.7% vs 7%; P = 4.65 × 10-14) when compared with European American participants. Allergy to seafood accounted for the largest difference (13.1% vs 4.6%; P = 1.38 × 10-31). Differences in food allergy by race persisted after adjusting for potential confounders including asthma status. Among African American participants, the proportion of African ancestry was not associated with any outcome evaluated. CONCLUSION Compared with European Americans, African Americans appear to be at higher risk for developing food allergy and food-associated anaphylaxis, particularly with regard to seafood allergy. The lack of association with genetic ancestry suggests that socioenvironmental determinants may play a role in these disparities.
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- Shujie Xiao
- Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Individualized and Genomic Medicine Research (CIGMA), Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Mich
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Individualized and Genomic Medicine Research (CIGMA), Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Mich
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Individualized and Genomic Medicine Research (CIGMA), Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Mich
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif
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- Center for Applied Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa; Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Individualized and Genomic Medicine Research (CIGMA), Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Mich
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Individualized and Genomic Medicine Research (CIGMA), Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Mich
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- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif
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- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif
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- Arizona Respiratory Center and Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz
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- Center for Applied Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa; Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif; Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Individualized and Genomic Medicine Research (CIGMA), Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Mich.
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Wise SK, Damask C, Roland LT, Ebert C, Levy JM, Lin S, Luong A, Rodriguez K, Sedaghat AR, Toskala E, Villwock J, Abdullah B, Akdis C, Alt JA, Ansotegui IJ, Azar A, Baroody F, Benninger MS, Bernstein J, Brook C, Campbell R, Casale T, Chaaban MR, Chew FT, Chambliss J, Cianferoni A, Custovic A, Davis EM, DelGaudio JM, Ellis AK, Flanagan C, Fokkens WJ, Franzese C, Greenhawt M, Gill A, Halderman A, Hohlfeld JM, Incorvaia C, Joe SA, Joshi S, Kuruvilla ME, Kim J, Klein AM, Krouse HJ, Kuan EC, Lang D, Larenas-Linnemann D, Laury AM, Lechner M, Lee SE, Lee VS, Loftus P, Marcus S, Marzouk H, Mattos J, McCoul E, Melen E, Mims JW, Mullol J, Nayak JV, Oppenheimer J, Orlandi RR, Phillips K, Platt M, Ramanathan M, Raymond M, Rhee CS, Reitsma S, Ryan M, Sastre J, Schlosser RJ, Schuman TA, Shaker MS, Sheikh A, Smith KA, Soyka MB, Takashima M, Tang M, Tantilipikorn P, Taw MB, Tversky J, Tyler MA, Veling MC, Wallace D, Wang DY, White A, Zhang L. International consensus statement on allergy and rhinology: Allergic rhinitis - 2023. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 2023; 13:293-859. [PMID: 36878860 DOI: 10.1002/alr.23090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 72.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND In the 5 years that have passed since the publication of the 2018 International Consensus Statement on Allergy and Rhinology: Allergic Rhinitis (ICAR-Allergic Rhinitis 2018), the literature has expanded substantially. The ICAR-Allergic Rhinitis 2023 update presents 144 individual topics on allergic rhinitis (AR), expanded by over 40 topics from the 2018 document. Originally presented topics from 2018 have also been reviewed and updated. The executive summary highlights key evidence-based findings and recommendation from the full document. METHODS ICAR-Allergic Rhinitis 2023 employed established evidence-based review with recommendation (EBRR) methodology to individually evaluate each topic. Stepwise iterative peer review and consensus was performed for each topic. The final document was then collated and includes the results of this work. RESULTS ICAR-Allergic Rhinitis 2023 includes 10 major content areas and 144 individual topics related to AR. For a substantial proportion of topics included, an aggregate grade of evidence is presented, which is determined by collating the levels of evidence for each available study identified in the literature. For topics in which a diagnostic or therapeutic intervention is considered, a recommendation summary is presented, which considers the aggregate grade of evidence, benefit, harm, and cost. CONCLUSION The ICAR-Allergic Rhinitis 2023 update provides a comprehensive evaluation of AR and the currently available evidence. It is this evidence that contributes to our current knowledge base and recommendations for patient evaluation and treatment.
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- Sarah K Wise
- Otolaryngology-HNS, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, Private Practice, University of Central Florida, Lake Mary, Florida, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, McGovern Medical School of the University of Texas, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang, Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research, Davos, Switzerland
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Allergy/Immunology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, Harvard University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Allergy/Immunology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, Cleveland Clinic, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Allergy/Immunology, Genetics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Allergy/Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Allergy/Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Allergy/Immunology, Queens University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Otorhinolaryngology, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Allergy/Immunology, Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Respiratory Medicine, Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM, Hannover Medical School, German Center for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Allergy/Immunology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Otorhinolaryngology Nursing, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University of California Irvine, Orange, California, USA
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- Allergy/Immunology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University College London, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, State University of New York Upstate, Syracuse, New York, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Pediatric Allergy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
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- Allergy/Immunology, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Rhinology/Allergy, Seoul National University Hospital and College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Allergy, Fundacion Jiminez Diaz, University Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Allergy/Immunology, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
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- Primary Care, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Zurich, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Allergy/Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Integrative East-West Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Westlake Village, California, USA
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- Allergy/Immunology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Allergy/Immunology, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Allergy/Immunology, Scripps Clinic, San Diego, California, USA
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- Otolaryngology-HNS, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing, China
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Marhaeny HD, Pratama YA, Rohmah L, Kasatu SM, Miatmoko A, Khotib J. Development of gastro-food allergy model in shrimp allergen extract-induced sensitized mice promotes mast cell degranulation. J Public Health Afr 2023. [PMID: 37492545 PMCID: PMC10365647 DOI: 10.4081/jphia.2023.2512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Background: Food allergies have become more common in the last decade. Shrimp is one of the most dominant food allergy triggers in Asian countries, including Indonesia. After ingesting allergens, B cells will produce allergen-specific Immunoglobin E (IgE). In the sensitization period, repeated allergen exposure promotes Mast Cell (MC) degranulation in intestinal tissue and releases several inflammatory mediators, thereby causing hypersensitivity reactions. Shrimp Allergen Extract (SAE) is an immunotherapy and diagnostic agent currently being developed in Indonesia. In this study, we investigated the effect of SAE administration on eliciting an MC immunological response.
Methods: Mice were divided into a non-sensitized and sensitized group. The non-sensitized group only received 1 mg of alum (i.p), whereas the sensitized group received 1 mg of alum and 100 μg of SAE on days 0, 7, and 14. Then, both groups were challenged with 400 μg SAE (p.o) on days 21, 22, and 23 following systemic allergic symptom observation.
Results: We showed that SAE was able to increase systemic allergic symptoms significantly in the sensitized mice through repeated challenge (1.33±0.21; 1.83±0.17; and 2.00±0.00), compared to non-sensitized mice (0.17±0.17). Moreover, histopathological analysis showed that the SAE administration causes an increase of MC degranulation in the ileum tissue of the sensitized mice (44.43%±0.01), compared to non-sensitized mice (35.45%±0.01)
Conclusions: This study found that SAE could induce allergic reactions in mice by influencing critical effector cells, MCs.
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Dramburg S, Hilger C, Santos AF, de Las Vecillas L, Aalberse RC, Acevedo N, Aglas L, Altmann F, Arruda KL, Asero R, Ballmer-Weber B, Barber D, Beyer K, Biedermann T, Bilo MB, Blank S, Bosshard PP, Breiteneder H, Brough HA, Bublin M, Campbell D, Caraballo L, Caubet JC, Celi G, Chapman MD, Chruszcz M, Custovic A, Czolk R, Davies J, Douladiris N, Eberlein B, Ebisawa M, Ehlers A, Eigenmann P, Gadermaier G, Giovannini M, Gomez F, Grohman R, Guillet C, Hafner C, Hamilton RG, Hauser M, Hawranek T, Hoffmann HJ, Holzhauser T, Iizuka T, Jacquet A, Jakob T, Janssen-Weets B, Jappe U, Jutel M, Kalic T, Kamath S, Kespohl S, Kleine-Tebbe J, Knol E, Knulst A, Konradsen JR, Korošec P, Kuehn A, Lack G, Le TM, Lopata A, Luengo O, Mäkelä M, Marra AM, Mills C, Morisset M, Muraro A, Nowak-Wegrzyn A, Nugraha R, Ollert M, Palosuo K, Pastorello EA, Patil SU, Platts-Mills T, Pomés A, Poncet P, Potapova E, Poulsen LK, Radauer C, Radulovic S, Raulf M, Rougé P, Sastre J, Sato S, Scala E, Schmid JM, Schmid-Grendelmeier P, Schrama D, Sénéchal H, Traidl-Hoffmann C, Valverde-Monge M, van Hage M, van Ree R, Verhoeckx K, Vieths S, Wickman M, Zakzuk J, Matricardi PM, Hoffmann-Sommergruber K. EAACI Molecular Allergology User's Guide 2.0. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2023; 34 Suppl 28:e13854. [PMID: 37186333 DOI: 10.1111/pai.13854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Since the discovery of immunoglobulin E (IgE) as a mediator of allergic diseases in 1967, our knowledge about the immunological mechanisms of IgE-mediated allergies has remarkably increased. In addition to understanding the immune response and clinical symptoms, allergy diagnosis and management depend strongly on the precise identification of the elicitors of the IgE-mediated allergic reaction. In the past four decades, innovations in bioscience and technology have facilitated the identification and production of well-defined, highly pure molecules for component-resolved diagnosis (CRD), allowing a personalized diagnosis and management of the allergic disease for individual patients. The first edition of the "EAACI Molecular Allergology User's Guide" (MAUG) in 2016 rapidly became a key reference for clinicians, scientists, and interested readers with a background in allergology, immunology, biology, and medicine. Nevertheless, the field of molecular allergology is moving fast, and after 6 years, a new EAACI Taskforce was established to provide an updated document. The Molecular Allergology User's Guide 2.0 summarizes state-of-the-art information on allergen molecules, their clinical relevance, and their application in diagnostic algorithms for clinical practice. It is designed for both, clinicians and scientists, guiding health care professionals through the overwhelming list of different allergen molecules available for testing. Further, it provides diagnostic algorithms on the clinical relevance of allergenic molecules and gives an overview of their biology, the basic mechanisms of test formats, and the application of tests to measure allergen exposure.
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- Stephanie Dramburg
- Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infection and Immunity, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Department of Women and Children's Health (Pediatric Allergy), School of Life Course Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Children's Allergy Service, Evelina London, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Sanquin Research, Dept Immunopathology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Immunological Research, University of Cartagena, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, Colombia
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- Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brasil, Brazil
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- Ambulatorio di Allergologia, Clinica San Carlo, Paderno Dugnano, Italy
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- Klinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Applied Molecular Medicine Nemesio Diez (IMMAND), Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad San Pablo CEU, CEU Universities, Madrid, Spain
- RETIC ARADyAL and RICORS Enfermedades Inflamatorias (REI), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Biederstein, School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
- Allergy Unit Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Torrette, Italy
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- Center of Allergy and Environment (ZAUM), Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine and Helmholtz Center Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Women and Children's Health (Pediatric Allergy), School of Life Course Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Children's Allergy Service, Evelina London, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Child and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Institute for Immunological Research, University of Cartagena, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, Colombia
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- Pediatric Allergy Unit, Department of Child and Adolescent, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Centro DH Allergologia e Immunologia Clinica ASST- MANTOVA (MN), Mantova, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Infection and Immunity, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
- Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Queensland University of Technology, Centre for Immunology and Infection Control, School of Biomedical Sciences, Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Emergency Operations Centre, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Allergy Department, 2nd Paediatric Clinic, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergy Biederstein, School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Clinical Research Center for Allergy and Rheumatology, National Hospital Organization, Sagamihara National Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Immunology and Dermatology/ Allergology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Pediatric Allergy Unit, Department of Child and Adolescent, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Allergy Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Allergy Unit IBIMA-Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
- Spanish Network for Allergy research RETIC ARADyAL, Malaga, Spain
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- NYU Langone Health, Department of Internal Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital St. Poelten, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, St. Poelten, Austria
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Paracelsus Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Respiratory Diseases and Allergy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Laboratory of Protein Science, Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University Medical Center, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Gießen, Germany
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- Department of Infection and Immunity, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
- Odense Research Center for Anaphylaxis, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Division of Clinical and Molecular Allergology, Priority Research Area Asthma and Allergy, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany
- Leibniz Lung Center, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Germany
- Interdisciplinary Allergy Outpatient Clinic, Dept. of Pneumology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital St. Poelten, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, St. Poelten, Austria
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- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- Molecular Allergy Research Laboratory, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr- Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Allergy & Asthma Center Westend, Outpatient Clinic and Clinical Research Center, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Immunology and Dermatology/ Allergology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunology and Dermatology/ Allergology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonology Unit at Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases Golnik, Golnik, Slovenia
- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Infection and Immunity, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Department of Women and Children's Health (Pediatric Allergy), School of Life Course Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Children's Allergy Service, Evelina London, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Immunology and Dermatology/ Allergology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- Molecular Allergy Research Laboratory, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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- RETIC ARADyAL and RICORS Enfermedades Inflamatorias (REI), Madrid, Spain
- Allergy Section, Internal Medicine Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Allergy, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Pediatric Department, Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Food Allergy Referral Centre, Department of Woman and Child Health, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Molecular Allergy Research Laboratory, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- Department of Aquatic Product Technology, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia
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- Department of Infection and Immunity, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
- Odense Research Center for Anaphylaxis, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Allergology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Departments of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Institut Pasteur, Immunology Department, Paris, France
- Allergy & Environment Research Team Armand Trousseau Children Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Allergy Clinic, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Copenhagen University Hospital-Herlev and Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Women and Children's Health (Pediatric Allergy), School of Life Course Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Children's Allergy Service, Evelina London, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr- Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- UMR 152 PharmaDev, IRD, Université Paul Sabatier, Faculté de Pharmacie, Toulouse, France
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- Allergy Service, Fundación Jiménez Díaz; CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES); Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Allergy Department, 2nd Paediatric Clinic, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Clinical and Laboratory Molecular Allergy Unit - IDI- IRCCS, Fondazione L M Monti Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases and Allergy, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Christine Kühne Center for Allergy Research and Education CK-CARE, Davos, Switzerland
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- Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
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- Allergy & Environment Research Team Armand Trousseau Children Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
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- Christine Kühne Center for Allergy Research and Education CK-CARE, Davos, Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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- Allergy Service, Fundación Jiménez Díaz; CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES); Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Medicine Solna, Division of Immunology and Allergy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Experimental Immunology and Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunology and Dermatology/ Allergology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Allergology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute for Immunological Research, University of Cartagena, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, Colombia
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- Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Binder AM, Cherry-Brown D, Biggerstaff BJ, Jones ES, Amelio CL, Beard CB, Petersen LR, Kersh GJ, Commins SP, Armstrong PA. Clinical and laboratory features of patients diagnosed with alpha-gal syndrome-2010-2019. Allergy 2023; 78:477-487. [PMID: 36178236 PMCID: PMC10092820 DOI: 10.1111/all.15539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) is an IgE-mediated allergy to galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose. Clinical presentation ranges from hives to anaphylaxis; episodes typically occur 2-6 h after exposure to alpha-gal-containing products. In the United States, lone star tick bites are associated with the development of AGS. To characterize features of AGS, we evaluated a cohort of patients presenting for care at the University of North Carolina, focusing on symptoms, severity, and identifying features unique to specific alpha-gal-containing product exposures. METHODS We performed a chart review and descriptive analysis of 100 randomly selected patients with AGS during 2010-2019. RESULTS Median age at onset was 53 years, 56% were female, 95% reported White race, 86% reported a history of tick bite, and 75% met the criteria for anaphylaxis based on the involvement of ≥2 organ systems. Those reporting dairy reactions were significantly less likely to report isolated mucocutaneous symptoms (3% vs. 24%; ratio [95% CI]: 0.1 [0.1, 0.3]) than those who tolerated dairy, and were more likely to report gastrointestinal symptoms (79% vs. 59%; ratio [95% CI]: 1.3 [0.7, 2.6]), although this difference was not statistically significant. Dairy-tolerant patients demonstrated higher alpha-gal sIgE titers (as a percentage of total IgE) than dairy-reactive patients (GM 4.1 [95% CI: 2.7, 6.1] vs. GM 2.5 [95% CI: 1.3, 4.8], respectively; ratio -1.6 [95% CI: -1.0, 3.9]). CONCLUSION While tick exposure is common in the southern United States, nearly all AGS patients reported a tick bite. Gastrointestinal symptoms were prominent among those reporting reactions to dairy. Anaphylaxis was common, underscoring the severity and need to raise awareness of AGS among patients and providers.
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- Alison M Binder
- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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Yusuf RA, Rathebe PC, Mbonane TP. Association between Environmental Exposures and Asthma among Children in King Williams Town, South Africa. Diseases 2022; 10:diseases10040123. [PMID: 36547209 PMCID: PMC9777677 DOI: 10.3390/diseases10040123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The study aimed to assess the association between environmental exposure and asthma among children between 3 and 12 years old in King Williams Town, South Africa. A quantitative case-control study was conducted at Grey Hospital to assess the association between environmental exposure and asthma among children who reside in King Williams Town. Of the total 566 study participants, 50.5% (286) had asthma while 49.5% did not. Socio-demographic factors associated with asthma in children were being within the age group 9-12 years (OR 1.74, CI 95% 1.09-2.78) and India ethnicity (OR 0.20, CI 95% 0.08-0.48). Factors associated with asthma were weight within 25-35 kg (OR 1.64, CI 95% 1.11-2.42) and BMI within 15-20 (OR 4.80, CI 95% 2.80-8.22). Environmental risk factors associated with asthma were indoor exposure to tobacco smoke from mothers of the participants (OR 5.45, CI 95% 3.08-9.65) and from fathers (OR 4.37; CI 95% 2.77-6.90). Abstaining from eating seafood appeared to be protective from developing asthma (OR 0.01; CI 95% 0.00-0.05). The study found no significant association between outdoor environmental exposures and childhood asthma. The age of participant, weight, BMI, exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), and eating seafood had significant correlations with childhood asthma. Strengthening the evaluation of children healthcare and encouraging smoking cessation among parents could reduce exposure to environmental asthma triggers among children.
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Wai CYY, Leung NYH, Leung ASY, Ngai SM, Pacharn P, Yau YS, Rosa Duque JSD, Kwan M, Jirapongsananuruk O, Chan WH, Chua G, Lee QU, Piboonpocanun S, Ho PK, Wong JC, Li S, Xu KJY, Wong GWK, Chu K, Leung PSC, Vichyanond P, Leung TF. Comprehending the allergen repertoire of shrimp for precision molecular diagnosis of shrimp allergy. Allergy 2022; 77:3041-3051. [PMID: 35567339 PMCID: PMC9795902 DOI: 10.1111/all.15370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Clinical management of shrimp allergy is hampered by the lack of accurate tests. Molecular diagnosis has been shown to more accurately reflect the clinical reactivity but the full spectrum of shrimp allergens and their clinical relevance are yet to be established. We therefore sought to comprehend the allergen repertoire of shrimp, investigate and compare the sensitization pattern and diagnostic value of the allergens in allergic subjects of two distinct populations. METHODS Sera were collected from 85 subjects with challenge-proven or doctor-diagnosed shrimp allergy in Hong Kong and Thailand. The IgE-binding proteins of Penaeus monodon were probed by Western blotting and identified by mass spectrometry. Recombinant shrimp allergens were synthesized and analyzed for IgE sensitization by ELISA. RESULTS Ten IgE-binding proteins were identified, and a comprehensive panel of 11 recombinant shrimp allergens was generated. The major shrimp allergens among Hong Kong subjects were troponin C (Pen m 6) and glycogen phosphorylase (Pen m 14, 47.1%), tropomyosin (Pen m 1, 41.2%) and sarcoplasmic-calcium binding protein (Pen m 4, 35.3%), while those among Thai subjects were Pen m 1 (68.8%), Pen m 6 (50.0%) and fatty acid-binding protein (Pen m 13, 37.5%). Component-based tests yielded significantly higher area under curve values (0.77-0.96) than shrimp extract-IgE test (0.70-0.75). Yet the best component test differed between populations; Pen m 1-IgE test added diagnostic value only in the Thai cohort, whereas sensitizations to other components were better predictors of shrimp allergy in Hong Kong patients. CONCLUSION Pen m 14 was identified as a novel shrimp allergen predictive of challenge outcome. Molecular diagnosis better predicts shrimp allergy than conventional tests, but the relevant component is population dependent.
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- Christine Y. Y. Wai
- Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales HospitalThe Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina
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- Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales HospitalThe Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina
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- Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales HospitalThe Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina
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- State Key Laboratory of AgrobiotechnologyThe Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina,School of Life SciencesThe Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of MedicineSiriraj Hospital, Mahidol UniversityBangkokThailand
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- Department of PaediatricsQueen Elizabeth HospitalHong KongChina
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of MedicineThe University of Hong KongHong KongChina
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent MedicinePrincess Margaret Hospital and Yan Chai HospitalHong KongChina
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of MedicineSiriraj Hospital, Mahidol UniversityBangkokThailand
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- Department of PaediatricsQueen Elizabeth HospitalHong KongChina
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of MedicineThe University of Hong KongHong KongChina
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent MedicinePrincess Margaret Hospital and Yan Chai HospitalHong KongChina
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- Department of PaediatricsQueen Elizabeth HospitalHong KongChina
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent MedicinePrincess Margaret Hospital and Yan Chai HospitalHong KongChina
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- School of Life SciencesThe Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina
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- Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales HospitalThe Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina
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- Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales HospitalThe Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina
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- School of Life SciencesThe Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical ImmunologyUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCaliforniaUSA
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of MedicineSiriraj Hospital, Mahidol UniversityBangkokThailand,Samitivej Allergy InstituteSamitivej Thonburi HospitalBangkokThailand
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- Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales HospitalThe Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina,Hong Kong Hub of Paediatric ExcellenceThe Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina
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Smeekens JM, Kesselring JR, Frizzell H, Bagley KC, Kulis MD. Induction of food-specific IgG by Gene Gun-delivered DNA vaccines. FRONTIERS IN ALLERGY 2022; 3:969337. [PMID: 36340020 PMCID: PMC9632862 DOI: 10.3389/falgy.2022.969337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Shellfish and tree nut allergies are among the most prevalent food allergies, now affecting 2%–3% and 1% of the US population, respectively. Currently, there are no approved therapies for shellfish or tree nut allergies, with strict avoidance being the standard of care. However, oral immunotherapy for peanut allergy and subcutaneous immunotherapy for environmental allergens are efficacious and lead to the production of allergen-specific IgG, which causes suppression of allergen effector cell degranulation. Since allergen-specific IgG is a desired response to alleviate IgE-mediated allergies, we tested transcutaneously-delivered DNA vaccines targeting shellfish and tree nut allergens for their ability to induce antigen-specific IgG, which would have therapeutic potential for food allergies. Methods We assessed Gene Gun-delivered DNA vaccines targeting either crustacean shellfish or walnut/pecan allergens, with or without IL-12, in naïve mice. Three strains of mice, BALB/cJ, C3H/HeJ and CC027/GeniUnc, were evaluated for IgG production following vaccination. Vaccines were administered twice via Gene Gun, three weeks apart and then blood was collected three weeks following the final vaccination. Results Vaccination with shellfish allergen DNA led to increased shrimp-specific IgG in all three strains, with the highest production in C3H/HeJ from the vaccine alone, whereas the vaccine with IL-12 led to the highest IgG production in BALB/cJ and CC027/GeniUnc mice. Similar IgG production was also induced against lobster and crab allergens. For walnut/pecan vaccines, BALB/cJ and C3H/HeJ mice produced significantly higher walnut- and pecan-specific IgG with the vaccine alone compared to the vaccine with IL-12, while the CC027 mice made significantly higher IgG with the addition of IL-12. Notably, intramuscular administration of the vaccines did not lead to increased antigen-specific IgG production, indicating that Gene Gun administration is a superior delivery modality. Conclusions Overall, these data demonstrate the utility of DNA vaccines against two lifelong food allergies, shellfish and tree nuts, suggesting their potential as a food allergy therapy in the future.
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- Johanna M. Smeekens
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
- UNC Food Allergy Initiative, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
- Correspondence: Johanna M. Smeekens
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
- UNC Food Allergy Initiative, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
- UNC Food Allergy Initiative, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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Anvari S, Brunner S, Tuano KS, Bin Su B, Karnaneedi S, Lopata AL, Davis CM. Similar IgE binding patterns in Gulf of Mexico and Southeast Asian shrimp species in US shrimp allergic patients. Allergy 2022; 77:2825-2829. [PMID: 35524542 PMCID: PMC10585665 DOI: 10.1111/all.15363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2022] [Revised: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Sara Anvari
- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Retrovirology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
- Baylor College of Medicine, William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Retrovirology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
- Baylor College of Medicine, William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Retrovirology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
- Baylor College of Medicine, William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Retrovirology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
- Baylor College of Medicine, William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Houston, Texas, USA
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- James Cook University, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, Centre for Molecular Therapeutics, Douglas, QLD, Australia
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- James Cook University, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, Centre for Molecular Therapeutics, Douglas, QLD, Australia
- Tropical Futures Institute, James Cook University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Immunology, Allergy and Retrovirology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
- Baylor College of Medicine, William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Houston, Texas, USA
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Emerging approaches in the diagnosis and therapy in shellfish allergy. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 2022; 22:202-212. [DOI: 10.1097/aci.0000000000000827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Bartnikas LM, Dupuis R, Wang J, Phipatanakul W. Food Allergies in Inner-City Schools: Addressing Disparities and Improving Management. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2022; 129:430-439. [PMID: 35568300 DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2022.04.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Food allergy (FA) affects approximately 8% of children in the United States. Management comprises both preventing and treating allergic reactions, which poses unique challenges in the inner-city school setting. In this article, we review the epidemiology of FA in school-aged children and management challenges and opportunities specific to the inner-city population. DATA SOURCES A literature search of the PubMed database was performed to identify published literature on FA epidemiology, FA management, school policies, disparities, inner-city, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. STUDY SELECTIONS Relevant articles on FA management best practices and challenges in schools, with a particular emphasis on inner-city schools and populations and socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic disparities, were reviewed in detail. RESULTS Disparities in FA prevalence, management, and treatment exist. Additional research is needed to better characterize these disparities and elucidate the mechanisms leading to them. There is a lack of evidence-based interventions for the prevention and treatment of food allergic reactions in schools and specifically in inner-city schools, in which a greater proportion of students may rely on school food. CONCLUSION There are opportunities for partnership among health care providers, schools, and communities to address unmet needs in FA management and disparities in the inner-city school setting.
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- Lisa M Bartnikas
- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Jiang X, Zhao Y, Tang C, Appelbaum M, Rao Q. Aquatic food animals in the United States: Status quo and challenges. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf 2022; 21:1336-1382. [PMID: 35150203 DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Revised: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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This review summarizes (1) the U.S. status quo for aquatic food animal production and marketing; (2) major food safety and quality issues/concerns for aquatic food animals in the United States, including fish misbranding, finfish/shellfish allergies, pathogens, toxins and harmful residues, microplastics, and genetically engineered salmon; and (3) various U.S. regulations, guidances, and detection methods for the surveillance of fishery products. Overall, fish misbranding is the biggest challenge in the United States due to the relatively low inspection rate. In addition, due to the regulatory differences among countries, illegal animal drugs and/or pesticide residues might also be identified in imported aquatic food animals. Future regulatory and research directions could focus on further strengthening international cooperation, enhancing aquatic food animal inspection, and developing reliable, sensitive, and highly efficient detection methods.
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- Xingyi Jiang
- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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Nguyen DTI, Sindher SB, Chinthrajah RS, Nadeau K, Davis CM. Shrimp-allergic patients in a multi-food oral immunotherapy trial. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2022; 33:e13679. [PMID: 34655480 PMCID: PMC9297938 DOI: 10.1111/pai.13679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Revised: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Diem-Tran I Nguyen
- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA.,Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA.,Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA.,Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.,Section of Immunology, Allergy and Retrovirology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
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Davis CM. Moving FORWARD Toward Racial Equity in Food Allergy. THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. IN PRACTICE 2021; 9:2874-2875. [PMID: 34246438 PMCID: PMC10644374 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.04.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Carla M Davis
- Texas Children's Hospital Food Allergy Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas.
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Serum IgE Predicts Difference of Population and Allergens in Allergic Diseases: Data from Weifang City, China. Mediators Inflamm 2021; 2021:6627087. [PMID: 34257517 PMCID: PMC8257378 DOI: 10.1155/2021/6627087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Immunoglobulin E (IgE) is the most important promoter of allergic inflammation. However, there are few systematic studies on IgE in age range, genders, disease spectrum, and time regularity. Aim To screen the common allergens, allergen spectrum, and IgE difference between type 2 inflammatory allergic diseases and other allergic diseases in Weifang, China. Methods A retrospective study was performed by estimating patients' clinical data suffering from allergic diseases (urticaria, pollinosis, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, and bronchial asthma) between May 2019 and April 2020 using an allergen detection kit of Macro-Union Pharmaceutical. Results 732 of the 1367 patients showed different antigen positive, and the positive rate was 53.5%. The most common allergens were dust mites, mixed fungi, Artemisia pollen, cat/dog dander, and cockroaches. There were 27.0% (369/1367) of the patients with single positive allergen-specific IgE (sIgE), 26.5% (363/1367) with multiple-positive IgE. The total immunoglobulin E (tIgE) levels varied with gender, age, and type of disease. There was a difference in the distribution of allergens between children and adults. A positive correlation between the serum-specific IgE and the corresponding local inhaled allergen density was observed. Conclusions In this study, we found that type 2 inflammatory allergic diseases have higher serum IgE and a higher probability of inhaled sIgE positive. According to age, gender, and condition, serological IgE detection of allergens provides new insight into the early diagnosis and prevention of allergic diseases.
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Immunoglobulin E-mediated food allergy is an increasingly prevalent public health concern globally. In North America, particularly in the United States, racial and ethnic differences in food allergy prevalence and rates of sensitization have become apparent. Black and Hispanic children in the United States have been estimated to have the highest rates of food allergy. Beyond rates of prevalence, food allergy outcomes, such as health care utilization, psychosocial outcomes, and economic burden, also vary considerably by race and ethnicity. It is important to consider socioeconomic status in conjunction with race and ethnicity in studying differences in food allergy outcomes.
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Development of a Sandwich Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection and Quantification of Clam Residues in Food Products. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 2021:6685575. [PMID: 33791376 PMCID: PMC7997747 DOI: 10.1155/2021/6685575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Seafood is a frequent cause of allergic reactions to food globally. The presence of undeclared trace amounts of clam can cause allergic reactions in sensitive individuals. Limited tools are available to test food products for the presence of traces of clam. We report on the development of a sandwich ELISA that can detect and quantify clam protein in food. Antisera against a mix of two commercially important clam species, Atlantic Surf (Spisula solidissima) and ocean quahog (Arctica islandica), were raised in rabbit and sheep. A sandwich ELISA was constructed with this antisera, and sensitivity and specificity were evaluated. Also, model food products spiked with clam protein were analyzed to assess the performance of the ELISA. Comparison was made with a commercially available ELISA for crustacea. The lower limit of quantification of the sandwich ELISA is 2.5 ppm clam protein in food samples, allowing the detection of low amounts of clam that may trigger a reaction in clam allergic patients. The sandwich ELISA was highly specific with cross-reactivity only noted for other molluscan shellfish (mussel and scallop). Clam protein in tomato juice and potato cream soup was detected well with recoveries ranging from 65 to 74% and from 74 to 113%, respectively. However when potato cream soup was retorted, the recover fell to 20%, imposing the risk of underestimating the clam content of a food product. A commercially available crustacean ELISA test was not suitable to detect clam protein. The sandwich ELISA described here is suitable for detection and quantification of clam protein in food products. Care should be taken with food products that have been retorted as the results may be underestimated.
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Cox AL, Eigenmann PA, Sicherer SH. Clinical Relevance of Cross-Reactivity in Food Allergy. THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. IN PRACTICE 2021; 9:82-99. [PMID: 33429724 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.09.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2020] [Revised: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The diagnosis and management of food allergy is complicated by an abundance of homologous, cross-reactive proteins in edible foods and aeroallergens. This results in patients having allergic sensitization (positive tests) to many biologically related foods. However, many are sensitized to foods without exhibiting clinical reactivity. Although molecular diagnostics have improved our ability to identify clinically relevant cross-reactivity, the optimal approach to patients requires an understanding of the epidemiology of clinically relevant cross-reactivity, as well as the food-specific (degree of homology, protein stability, abundance) and patient-specific factors (immune response, augmentation factors) that determine clinical relevance. Examples of food families with high rates of cross-reactivity include mammalian milks, eggs, fish, and shellfish. Low rates are noted for grains (wheat, barley, rye), and rates of cross-reactivity are variable for most other foods. This review discusses clinically relevant cross-reactivity related to the aforementioned food groups as well as seeds, legumes (including peanut, soy, chickpea, lentil, and others), tree nuts, meats, fruits and vegetables (including the lipid transfer protein syndrome), and latex. The complicating factor of addressing co-allergy, for example, the risks of allergy to both peanut and tree nuts among atopic patients, is also discussed. Considerations for an approach to individual patient care are highlighted.
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- Amanda L Cox
- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Kravis Children's Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
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- The Department of Pediatrics Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical School of the University of Geneva, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Kravis Children's Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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Yu C, Gao X, Lin H, Xu L, Ahmed I, Khan MU, Xu M, Chen Y, Li Z. Purification, Characterization, and Three-Dimensional Structure Prediction of Paramyosin, a Novel Allergen of Rapana venosa. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2020; 68:14632-14642. [PMID: 33175512 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c04418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Paramyosin (PM) is an important structural protein in molluscan muscles. However, as an important allergen, there is a little information on PM in the molluscs. In this study, a 99 kDa molecular weight allergen protein was purified from Rapana venosa and confirmed as PM by mass spectrometry. The results of immunoglobulin E (IgE)-binding activity and physicochemical characterization showed that R. venosa PM could react with a specific IgE of the sera from sea snail-allergic patients, and the IgE-binding activity could be reduced by thermal treatment. The full-length cDNA of R. venosa PM was cloned, which encodes 859 amino acid residues, and it has a higher homology among molluscan species. According to the circular dichroism results, Fourier transform infrared, and 2D and 3D structure analysis, both PM and tropomyosin are conserved proteins, which are mainly composed of the α-helix structure. These results are significant for better understanding the anaphylactic reactions in sea snail-allergic patients and allergy diagnosis.
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- Chuang Yu
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, No. 5, Yushan Road, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266003, P. R. China
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- Department of Allergy, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266071, P. R. China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, No. 5, Yushan Road, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266003, P. R. China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, No. 5, Yushan Road, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266003, P. R. China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, No. 5, Yushan Road, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266003, P. R. China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, No. 5, Yushan Road, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266003, P. R. China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, No. 5, Yushan Road, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266003, P. R. China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, Chinese Academy of Medical Science Research Unit, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing 100021, P. R. China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, No. 5, Yushan Road, Qingdao, Shandong Province 266003, P. R. China
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The peanut snack that triggered a fresh approach to allergy prevention. Nature 2020; 588:S14-S16. [PMID: 33268859 DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-02782-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Muthukumar J, Selvasekaran P, Lokanadham M, Chidambaram R. Food and food products associated with food allergy and food intolerance – An overview. Food Res Int 2020; 138:109780. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/04/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Wai CYY, Leung NYH, Leung ASY, Shum Y, Leung PSC, Chu KH, Kwan YW, Lee QU, Wong JSC, Lam ICS, Li PF, Xu KJY, Lam CY, Sun J, Wong GWK, Leung TF. Cell-Based Functional IgE Assays Are Superior to Conventional Allergy Tests for Shrimp Allergy Diagnosis. THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY-IN PRACTICE 2020; 9:236-244.e9. [PMID: 32931950 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.08.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2020] [Revised: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND The diagnosis of shellfish allergy currently relies on patient history, skin prick test (SPT), and serum specific IgE (sIgE) quantification. These methods lack sufficient diagnostic accuracy, whereas the gold standard of oral food challenges is risky and burdensome. Markers of reactivity and severity of allergic reactions to shellfish will improve clinical care of these patients. OBJECTIVES This study compared the diagnostic performance of SPT, sIgE, basophil activation test (BAT), and IgE crosslinking-induced luciferase expression (EXiLE) test for shrimp allergy. METHODS Thirty-five subjects with documented history of shrimp allergic reactions were recruited and grouped according to results of double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge (DBPCFC). In addition to routine diagnostics, BAT (Flow CAST) and EXiLE test with shrimp extract and tropomyosin were performed. RESULTS Of 35 subjects, 15 were shrimp allergic with pruritus, urticaria, and itchy mouth on DBPCFC, whereas 20 were tolerant to shrimp. Tropomyosin only accounted for 53.3% of sensitization among subjects with challenge-proven shrimp allergy. BAT using shrimp extract as stimulant showed the highest area under curve value (0.88), Youden Index (0.81), likelihood ratio (14.73), odds ratio (104), and variable importance (4.27) when compared with other assays and tropomyosin diagnosis. Results of BAT significantly correlated with those of EXiLE (r = 0.664, P < .0001). CONCLUSIONS BAT is a more accurate diagnostic marker for shrimp allergy than SPT and shrimp sIgE, whereas the EXiLE test based on an IgE crosslinking assay is a good alternative to BAT. Tropomyosin may not be the most important shrimp allergen in Chinese, which warrants further investigation to search for other major allergens and diagnostic markers.
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- Christine Y Y Wai
- Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Hong Kong Hub of Paediatric Excellence, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California, Davis, Calif
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- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital and Yan Chai Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital and Yan Chai Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital and Yan Chai Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital and Yan Chai Hospital, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatology and Immunological Disease, Beijing Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine for Diagnosis and Treatment on Allergic Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Hong Kong Hub of Paediatric Excellence, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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