BACKGROUND: Individuals with birch pollen allergy frequently experience hypersensitivity
reactions to certain foods, primarily because of IgE antibodies specific for the major birch …

Background: More than 95% of birch pollen–allergic subjects react with the major birch
pollen allergen, Bet v 1, and almost 60% of them are sensitized exclusively to this allergen …

The allergen Act d 11, also known as kirola, is a 17 kDa protein expressed in large amounts
in ripe green and yellow-fleshed kiwifruit. Ten percent of all kiwifruit-allergic individuals …

Hazelnut is one of the most frequent causes of food allergy. The major hazel allergen in
Northern Europe is Cor a 1, which is homologous to the major birch pollen allergen Bet v 1 …

Six monoclonal antibodies against Bet v I, the major cross‐reactive allergen of birch pollen
(Betula verrucosa), were obtained. Four did not react with fruits, but two monoclonal …

There is no definite information available on the structural characteristics of IgE binding
epitopes on allergenic molecules, although it is widely accepted that most of them are …

Exposure to allergens is pivotal in determining sensitization and allergic symptoms in
individuals. Pollen grain counts in ambient air have traditionally been assessed to estimate …

Dendritic cells play a fundamental role in shaping the immune response to allergens. The
events that lead to allergic sensitization or tolerance induction during the interaction of the …

Background: The association of pollinosis with allergy to plant foods occurs in up to 70% of
tree pollen-allergic patients. In recent years, some of the relevant cross-reacting proteins …

BACKGROUND: The body of sequence and structural information on allergens and the
sequence analysis of whole plant genomes are facilitating the application of bioinformatic …