Allergic rhinitis is clinically defined as a symptomatic disorder of the nose induced by an IgE-
mediated inflammation after allergen exposure of the membranes lining the nose. Symptoms …

Current forms of allergy diagnosis and specific immunotherapy are performed with allergen
extracts. Allergen extracts contain a variety of allergenic and nonallergenic components and …

Physical, chemical and biological stress factors, such as microbial infection, upregulate the
transcription levels of a number of plant genes, coding for the so‐called pathogenesis …

Pathogenesis related (PR) proteins are one of the major sources of plant derived allergens.
These proteins are induced by the plants as a defense response system in stress conditions …

It is estimated that pollen allergies affect approximately 40% of allergic individuals. In
general, tree pollen allergies are mainly elicited by allergenic trees belonging to the orders …

The aim of this review is to present the current state of our understanding on the structure,
regulation, and function of plant pathogenesis-related protein family 10 (PR-10). This protein …

Today, in vivo allergy diagnosis and allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT) are still based
on allergen extracts obtained from natural allergen sources. Several studies analyzing the …

Scope Increasingly regulators are demanding evaluation of potential allergenicity of foods
prior to marketing. Primary risks are the transfer of allergens or potentially cross‐reactive …

Bet v 1l is a naturally occurring hypoallergenic isoform of the major birch pollen allergen Bet
v 1. The Bet v 1 protein belongs to the ubiquitous family of pathogenesis-related plant …

We dissected the T cell activation potency and the immunoglobulin (Ig) E-binding properties
(allergenicity) of nine isoforms of Bet v 1 (Bet v 1a-Bet v 1l), the major birch pollen allergen …