This review focuses on advances and updates in the epidemiology, pathogenesis,
diagnosis, and treatment of food allergy over the past 3 years since our last comprehensive …

Many consider food allergy as the" second wave" of the allergy epidemic following the" first
wave" of respiratory allergy, ie, asthma and allergic rhinitis, plaguing westernized countries …

Background Up to 30% of patients with food allergies have clinical reactivity to more than
one food allergen. Although there is currently no cure, oral immunotherapy (OIT) is under …

Dietary proteins and polyphenols contribute both nutritive and extra-nutritional (disease-
preventing and metabolism-enhancing) benefits, and can participate in food structure …

Current clinical research focuses on food allergen-specific immunotherapy through oral
(OIT), sublingual (SLIT), or epicutaneous (EPIT) routes. Immunotherapy relies on the …

Food allergy is a rapidly growing public health concern because of its increasing prevalence
and life-threatening potential. Animal models of food allergy have emerged as a tool for …

Background Double-blinded, placebo-controlled food challenges (DBPCFCs) remain the
gold standard for diagnosing food allergies. Skin prick tests (SPTs) and allergen-specific IgE …

Oral food challenge (OFC) is the gold-standard to diagnose food allergy; however, it is a
labour and resource-intensive procedure with the risk of causing an acute allergic reaction …

The basophil activation test (BAT) is a flow-cytometry-based functional assay that assesses
the degree of cell activation after exposure to a stimuli. Though no standardized technique …

Peanut allergy has garnered significant attention because of the high sensitization rate,
increase in allergy, and severity of the reaction. Sufficiently reliable therapies and efficient …