BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Pollen from Japanese hop, Humulusjaponicus, is a major cause of pollinosis in Korea. Profilin (15 kDa) from Humulus scandens has been associated with strong allergenicity in allergic Chinese patients. Profilin has also been detected in pollen extract from Korean Japanese hop by proteomic analysis and immunoglobulin (Ig) E immunoblotting. However, the allergenicity of al...

This article reviews recent data on the stability of cow's milk, hen's egg, fish, crustaceae, and meat allergens during food processing. Generally, allergens of food origin are stable and highly potent. Most severe allergic reactions, including fatal events, can be due to ingestion of cow's milk, hen's egg, fish, and shrimp. The allergenicity could be altered potentially by various procedures s...

72 The Choice of Hypoallergens for Fish and Peach to Develop Food Allergy Specific Immunotherapy (TheFAST Project) Laurian Zuidmeer-Jongejan, PhD, Serge Versteeg, Lars Poulsen, MD, PhD, Montserrat Fernandez-Rivas, MD, PhD, Marek L. Kowalski, MD, PhD, Nikos Papadopoulos, Adriano Mari, MD, Ines Swoboda, PhD, Michael Clausen, MD, PhD, Carsten Bindslev-Jensen, MD, PhD, Angela Neubauer, PhD, Stef Ko...

72 The Choice of Hypoallergens for Fish and Peach to Develop Food Allergy Specific Immunotherapy (TheFAST Project) Laurian Zuidmeer-Jongejan, PhD, Serge Versteeg, Lars Poulsen, MD, PhD, Montserrat Fernandez-Rivas, MD, PhD, Marek L. Kowalski, MD, PhD, Nikos Papadopoulos, Adriano Mari, MD, Ines Swoboda, PhD, Michael Clausen, MD, PhD, Carsten Bindslev-Jensen, MD, PhD, Angela Neubauer, PhD, Stef Ko...

Background The introduction on the market of genetically modified (GM) foods has raised the question of the assessment of the potential allergenicity of the newly expressed protein (s) and of the whole GM food. We aimed at comparing the immune responses induced in mice after experimental sensitization with the insect resistant GM maize MON810 expressing the Cry1Ab protein vs its conventional co...