227 Changing Scenario of Airborne Allergens in Bangalore, India Anand Pendakur, MBBS, DLO and Balaji Ramdas, MBBS. Allergy Asthma ENT Clinic, Indian College of Allergy Asthma and Applied Immunology, Bangalore, India; Community Medicine, Indian Academy of Allergy, Bangalore, India. With phenomenal growth of Bangalore city and a distinct shift of its arboriculture in the last 2 decades, change in...

BACKGORUND Food allergy is a rare disorder among breastfeeding babies. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to identify responsible allergens in human milk. METHODS We studied babies developing allergic symptoms at the time they were breastfeeding. Skin prick tests (SPT) were performed with breast milk and food allergens. Specific IgE was assessed and IgE Immunoblotting experiments with breast milk were c...

As investigations into the innate immune responses that lead to allergic sensitization become better defined, there is a need to determine how allergens could interact with pattern recognition receptors that bind non-proteinaceous moieties. Many important allergens are not covalently bound to lipid or carbohydrate, but have structures belonging to lipid, glycan and glycolipid-binding families. ...

Background: Eczema is one of the most widely spread inflammatory skin disorders contact dermatitis is an eczematous dermatitis that is produced as a result of contact with a substance in the environment. The substance can act as an irritant or allergen. Every country has allergen particular to itself. Objective: Determining the frequency of skin allergens in patients with contact dermatitis in ...

MOTIVATION Many sequences, and in some cases structures, of proteins that induce an allergic response in atopic individuals have been determined in recent years. This data indicates that allergens, regardless of source, fall into discreet protein families. Similarities in the sequence may explain clinically observed cross-reactivities between different biological triggers. However, previously a...

In order to help allergic patients manage often severe symptoms, food manufacturers are required to list allergens on labels whereas researchers are working to improve diagnostics and develop effective immunotherapies. Existing tools using generic immunoassays do not provide precise identification or quantification of specific food allergens. Our goal was to develop an accurate, sensitive and h...

Background Sensitization to food allergens is supposed mostly to be caused by ingestion of the allergen. However, sensitization may also be initiated in the respiratory tract or through the skin. Little is known about sources and prevalence of food allergens in environmental samples. We aimed to describe the presence of food allergens in mattress dust from the homes of 13 year old Norwegian ado...

227 Changing Scenario of Airborne Allergens in Bangalore, India Anand Pendakur, MBBS, DLO and Balaji Ramdas, MBBS. Allergy Asthma ENT Clinic, Indian College of Allergy Asthma and Applied Immunology, Bangalore, India; Community Medicine, Indian Academy of Allergy, Bangalore, India. With phenomenal growth of Bangalore city and a distinct shift of its arboriculture in the last 2 decades, change in...

background: the prevalence of allergic diseases has risen in the last decades. the objective of this study was to determine the common allergens in children via the skin prick test. methods: this cross-sectional study recruited 313 allergic children (4 months to 18 years old) referred to the asthma and allergy clinic of children’s medical center in tehran. a questionnaire containing demographic...

SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND Allergic rhinitis (AR) exhibits a prevalence of approx. 20% in Germany and causes enormous costs in the health care system. Specific immunotherapy (SIT) is considered to be the only potentially causal therapy for AR and mainly administered by two routes, subcutaneous (SCIT) and sublinguale (SLIT). SIT promises a reduction of symptoms and the need for medication in patients...