Immunopathology of food allergy - Food allergens
3 important questions on Immunopathology of food allergy - Food allergens
65% of plant food allergens are part of 4 protein families/superfamilies
- Prolamin
- Cupin
- Bet v 1
- Profilin
What is the difference between class I and class II allergens?
- Class I
- reactivity to food allergens through the gastrointestinal tract
- resistant to heat, degradation and digestion
- higher potential to induce severe reactions
- Class II
- secondary sensitisation to cross-reactive food allergens mainly due to primary sensitisation to homologous pollen allergens via the respiratory tract
- labile and easily degradable
- often symptoms restricted to oral cavity
To which 3 families do animal derived food allergens belong to?
- Tropomyosins
- Parvalbumins
- Caseins
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