Allergic reactions to food proteins

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 173-180

  Ballmer Weber, Barbara K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cross reactivity; Food allergy; Labelling; Processed food; Threshold dosis

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN;

ALLERGENICITY; ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTAMINATION; CROSS REACTION; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE COURSE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT; POLLEN ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RAGWEED; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALLERGENS; BEVERAGES; CHILD; CROSS REACTIONS; DIETARY PROTEINS; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD LABELING; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84855501054     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831/a000055     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Bruijnzeel-Koomen, C., Ortolani, C., Aas, K., Bindslev-Jensen, C., Björksten, B., Moneret-Vautrin, D. and Wüthrich, B. (1995) Adverse reactions to food. Position paper. Allergy 50, 623.
2. Osterballe, M., Mortz, C.G., Hansen, T.K., Host, A. and Bindslev-Jensen, C. (2009) The Prevalence of food hypersensitivity in young adults. Pediatr. Allergy Immunol. 20, 686.
3. Rona, R.J., Keil, T., Summers, C., Gislason, D., Zuidmeer, L., Sodergren, E., Sigurdardottir, S.T., Lindner, T., Goldhahn, K., Dahlstrom, J., McBride, D. and Madsen, C. (2007) The prevalence of food allergy: a meta-analysis. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 120, 638.
4. Zuberbier, T., Edenharter, G., Worm, M., Ehlers, I., Reimann, S., Hantke, T., Roehr, C.C., Bergmann, K.E. and Niggemann, B. (2004) Prevalence of adverse reactions to food in Germany- a population study. Allergy 59, 338.
5. Osterballe, M., Hansen, T.K., Mortz, C.G., Host, A. and Bindslev-Jensen, C. (2005) The prevalence of food hypersensitivity in an unselected population of children and adults. Pediatr. Allergy Immunol. 16, 567.
6. Rancé, F., Grandmottet, X. and Grandjean, H. (2005) Prevalence and main characteristics of schoolchildren diagnosed with food allergies in France. Clin. Exp. Allergy 35, 167.
7. Venter, C., Pereira, B., Voigt, K., Grundy, J., Clayton, C.B., Higgins, B., Arshad, S.H. and Dean, T. (2008) Prevalence and cumulative incidence of food hypersensitivity in the first 3 years of life. Allergy 63, 354.
8. Branum, A.M. and Lukacs, S.L. (2009) Food allergy among children in the United States. Pediatrics 124, 1549.
9. Untersmayr, E., Bakos, N., Schöll, I., Kundi, M., Roth-Walter, F., Szalai, K., Riemer, A.B., Ankersmit, H.J., Scheiner, O., Boltz-Nitulescu, G. and Jensen-Jarolim, E. (2005) Anti-ulcer drugs promote IgE formation toward dietary antigens in adult patients. FASEB J. 19: 656.
10. Vieths, S., Scheurer, S. and Ballmer-Weber, B.K. (2002) Current understanding of cross-reactivity of food allergens and pollen. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 964, 47.
11. Steckelbroeck, S., Ballmer-Weber, B.K. and Vieths, S. (2008) Potential, pitfalls, and prospects of food allergy diagnostics with recombinant allergens or synthetic sequential epitopes. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 21, 1323.
12. Mari, A., Ballmer-Weber, B.K. and Vieths, S. (2005) The oral allergy syndrome: improved diagnostic and treatment methods. Curr. Opin. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 5, 267.
13. Bublin, M., Pfister, M., Radauer, C., Oberhuber, C., Bulley, S., Dewitt, A.M., Lidholm, J., Reese, G., Vieths, S., Breiteneder, H., Hoffmann-Sommergruber, K. and Ballmer-Weber, B.K. (2010) Componentresolved diagnosis of kiwifruit allergy with purified natural and recombinant kiwifruit allergens. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 125, 687.
14. Gubesch, M., Theler, B., Dutta, M., Baumer, B., Mathis, A., Holzhauser, T., Vieths, S. and Ballmer-Weber, B.K. (2007) Strategy for allergenicity assessment of 'natural novel foods': clinical and molecular investigation of exotic vegetables (water spinach, hyacinth bean and Ethiopian eggplant). Allergy 62, 1243.
15. Host, A., Halken, S., Jacobsen, H.P., Christensen, A.E., Herskind, A.M. and Plesner, K. (2002) Clinical course of cow's milk protein allergy/intolerance and atopic diseases in childhood. Pediatr. Allergy Immunol. 13, 23.
16. Savage, J.H., Matsui, E.C., Skripak, J.M. and Wood, R.C. (2007) The natural history of egg allergy. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 120,1413..
17. Lack, G. (2008) Clinical practice. Food allergy. N. Engl. J. Med. 359, 1252.
18. Hansen, K.S., Ballmer-Weber, B.K., Lüttkopf, D., Skov, P.S., Wüthrich, B., Binslev-Jensen, C., Vieths, S. and Poulsen, L.K. (2003) Roasted hazelnuts-allergenic activity evaluated by double-blind, placebocontrolled food challenge. Allergy 58, 132.
19. Mittag, D., Vieths, S., Vogel, L., Becker, W.M., Rihs, H.P., Helbling, A., Wüthrich, B. and Ballmer-Weber, B.K. (2004) Soybean allergy in patients allergic to birch pollen: clinical investigation and molecular characterization of allergens. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 113, 148.
20. Ballmer-Weber, B.K., Hoffmann, A., Wüthrich, B., Lüttkopf, D., Pompei, C., Wangorsch, A., Kästner, M. and Vieths, S. (2002) Influence of food processing on the allergenicity of celery: DBPCFC with celery spice and cooked celery in patients with celery allergy. Allergy 57, 228.
21. Maleki, S.J., Viquez, O., Jacks, T., Dodo, H., Champagne, E.T., Chung, S.Y. and Landry, S.Y. (2003) The major peanut allergen, Ara h 2, functions as a trypsin inhibitor, and roasting enhances this function. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 112, 190.
22. Threshold Working Group. (2008) Approaches to establish thresholds for major food allergens and for gluten in foods. J. Food. Prot. 71, 1043.
23. Hourihane, J.O., Bedwani, S.J., Dean, T.P. and Warner, J.O. (1997) Double blind, crossover challenge study of allergenicity of peanut oils in subjects allergic to peanuts. BMJ 314, 1084.
24. Pele, M., Brohée, M., Anklam, E. and Van Hengel, A.J. (2007) Peanut and hazelnut traces in cookies and chocolates: relationship between analytical results and declaration of food allergens on product labels. Food Addit. Contam. 24, 1334.
25. Hefle, S.L., Furlong, T.J., Niemann, L., Lemoon-Mule, H., Sicherer, S. and Taylor, S.L. (2007) Consumer attitudes and risks associated with packaged foods having advisory labeling regarding the presence of peanuts. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 120, 171.
26. Taylor, S.L., Crevel, R.W., Sheffield, D., Kabourek, J. and Baumert, J. (2009) Threshold dose for peanut: risk characterization based upon published results from challenges of peanut-allergic individuals. Food Chem. Toxicol. 47,1198.
27. Ballmer-Weber, B.K., Holzhauser, T., Scibilia, J., Mittag, D., Zisa, G., Ortolani, C., Oesterballe, M., Poulsen, L.K., Vieths, S. and Carsten-Bindslev-Jensen, C. (2007) Clinical characteristics of soybean allergy in Europe: a double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge study. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 119, 1489.