Pollen food syndrome: Update on the allergens Export

@article{citeulike:3423062, abstract = {Abstract Pollen food syndrome results from cross-reactivity between pollen-specific IgE and homologous proteins found in fruits and vegetables. These proteins can be grouped into several categories based on structure and include profilins, pathogenesis-related proteins, and cross-reactive carbohydrate determinants. Although cooking the reactive fruits and vegetables has been shown to destroy IgE-binding epitopes, evidence suggests that the remaining linear epitopes can bind cross-reactive T cells and enhance T-cell activation in vitro. Several methods of diagnosing food allergies exist, including skin prick tests and double-blind food challenges; however, diagnosing pollen food syndrome depends almost exclusively on clinical history. Immunotherapy has been studied as a treatment for pollen food syndrome, with highly variable results.}, author = {Hofmann, Alison and Burks, Wesley A.}, citeulike-article-id = {3423062}, journal = {Current Allergy and Asthma Reports}, keywords = {\_allergies, food, food\_allergans, pollen\_allergans, pollen\_food\_syndrome}, number = {5}, pages = {413--417}, posted-at = {2008-10-17 04:16:20}, priority = {3}, title = {Pollen food syndrome: Update on the allergens}, volume = {8}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3423062 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3423062 N2 - Abstract Pollen food syndrome results from cross-reactivity between pollen-specific IgE and homologous proteins found in fruits and vegetables. These proteins can be grouped into several categories based on structure and include profilins, pathogenesis-related proteins, and cross-reactive carbohydrate determinants. Although cooking the reactive fruits and vegetables has been shown to destroy IgE-binding epitopes, evidence suggests that the remaining linear epitopes can bind cross-reactive T cells and enhance T-cell activation in vitro. Several methods of diagnosing food allergies exist, including skin prick tests and double-blind food challenges; however, diagnosing pollen food syndrome depends almost exclusively on clinical history. Immunotherapy has been studied as a treatment for pollen food syndrome, with highly variable results. IS - 5 JF - Current Allergy and Asthma Reports EP - 417 TI - Pollen food syndrome: Update on the allergens VL - 8 SP - 413 KW - _allergies KW - food KW - food_allergans KW - pollen_allergans KW - pollen_food_syndrome AU - Hofmann, Alison AU - Burks, Wesley PY - 2008/// ER -