Food allergies have become more common in our community, with up to one in ten young children now affected. Reactions can range from mild rashes to life threatening anaphylaxis and breathing difficulties. The most common food allergies are to egg, peanut, tree nuts, cow’s milk, fish, shellfish, wheat and soy. ...

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IgE-mediated food allergies have been linked to suboptimal naïve CD4 T (nCD4T) cell activation in infancy, underlined by epigenetic and transcriptomic variation. Similar attenuated nCD4T cell activation in adolescents with food allergy have also been reported, but these are yet to be linked to specific epigenetic or transcriptional changes. ...

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• 2022
• November 2022

The burden of IgE-mediated food allergy in Australian born children is reported to be among the highest globally. This illness shares risk factors and frequently coexists with asthma, one of the most common noncommunicable diseases of childhood. ...

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• 2021
• December 2021

Showed for the first time that the presence of an egg-derived allergen in breast milk is associated with a reduced risk of egg allergy in children at 2.5 years of age ...

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• 2020
• June 2020

Early life innate immune dysfunction may represent a key immunological driver and predictor of persistent food allergy in childhood ...

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• 2018
• September 2018

When an infant is developmentally ready, a variety of nutritious foods should be introduced including the ‘more allergenic’ foods during infancy ...

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• 2017
• May 2017

The purpose of this article is to highlight emerging evidence for existing allergy prevention guidelines regarding potential benefits of supporting early... ...

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• 2015
• August 2015

Food allergy (FA) affects 2%-10% of US children and is a growing clinical and public health problem. ...

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• 2015
• February 2015

Food allergy can have significant effects on morbidity and quality of life and can be costly in terms of medical visits and treatments. ...

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• 2014
• August 2014

Food allergy is mediated by a combination of genetic and environmental risk factors, potentially mediated by epigenetic mechanisms. ...

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• 2014
• July 2014

It has been hypothesized that vitamin D deficiency (VDD) contributes to the development of food sensitization (FS) and then food allergy. ...

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• 2011
• July 2011

The development of food allergy has been reported to be related with the changes in the gut microbiome, however the specific microbe associated with the pathogenesis of food allergy remains elusive. This study aimed to comprehensively characterize the gut microbiome and identify individual or group gut microbes relating to food-allergy using 16S rRNA gene sequencing with network analysis. ...

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• 2021
• February 2021