Suggestions for the assessment of the allergenic potential of genetically modified organisms

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-180

  Spök, Armin ^a   Gaugitsch, Helmut ^b   Laffer, Sylvia ^c   Pauli, Gabrielle ^d   Saito, Hirohisa ^e   Sampson, Hugh ^f   Sibanda, Elopy ^g   Thomas, Wayne ^h   Van Hage, Marianne ⁱ   Valenta, Rudolf ^a,c  

^a IFZ Inter University Research Centre for Technology Work and Culture   (Austria)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergen; Allergy; Genetically modified organism

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC REACTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTION; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; EXPOSURE; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCIENCE; SENSITIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

EID: 21344439525     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086315     Document Type: Review

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