Food Allergy: Molecular and Clinical Practice

by Andreas L. Lopata (Editor)

Overview

Food allergy is an adverse immunological reaction to allergens present in food. Up to 4% adults and 8% children are affected by food allergy. The increase in allergic diseases to food has led to the need for better diagnostics and more effective therapeutic approaches.

This book describes the molecular biology and immunology of major food allergens, from laboratory based science to clinical immunology, encompassing novel characterisation and quantification methods, the application of recombinant food allergens in molecular diagnosis and the development of novel therapeutics. This book is the ideal reference tool for researchers, students and allergy clinicians to accurately diagnose and manage food allergies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781351646437
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	09/07/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	364
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Andreas Lopata is Professor for Biochemistry at the Division of Tropical health and Medicine and College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, at James Cook University, North Queensland, Australia. He leads the Molecular Immunology Program within the Centre for Biodiscovery & Molecular Development of Therapeutics.

He completed his MSc in biological sciences at the Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf, Germany, and undertook postgraduate studies at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, where he completed his doctorate in Medical Sciences under Prof Paul Potter and worked in the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine from 2004 to 2006, where he is still Adjunct Member. In 2006, he moved to Australia, where he works now as a lecturer and group leader at the James Cook University in North Queensland.

Prof Lopata’s research team uses cutting-edge approaches in characterising the interactions of immunogenic proteins from different food sources including marine invertebrates and parasites with the human immune system leading to allergic and inflammatory reactions.

He has published over 150 original articles, over 3300 citations, 30 reviews and book chapters and registered over 20 novel food allergens. He consults to various professional organisations, is elected member of the International Union of Immunological Societies sub-committee on allergen nomenclature, member of the editorial board of Clinical & Experimental Allergy and Associate Editor of Molecular Immunology.

Table of Contents

Biommolecular and Clinical Aspects of Food Allergy

Heimo Breiteneder

　

Nomenclature of Food Allergens

Christian Radauer

　

Nut Allergy

Dwan Price, Wesley Burks and Cenk Suphioglu

　

Egg Allergy

Paul J. Turner and Dianne E. Campbell

　

Fish Allergy

Annette Kuehn and Karthik Arumugam

　

Recent advances in Diagnosis and Management of Shellfish Allergy

Sandip D. Kamath, Roni Nugraha and Andreas L. Lopata

　

Anisakis, Allergy and the Globalization of Food

Fiona J. Baird, Yasuyuki Morishima and Hiromu Sugiyama

　

Occupational Allergy and Asthma Associated with Inhalant Food Allergens

Mohamed F. Jeebhay and Berit Bang

　

The Influence of Dietary Protein Modification during Food Processing on Food Allergy

Anna Ondracek and Eva Untersmayr

　

Detection of Food Allergen Residues by Immunoassays and Mass Spectrometry

Sridevi Muralidharan, Yiqing Zhao, Steve L. Taylor and Nanju A. Lee

　

Recombinant Food Allergens for Diagnosis and Therapy

Heidi Hofer, Anargyros Roulias, Claudia Asam, Stephanie Eichhorn, Fátima Ferreira, Gabriele Gadermaier and Michael Wallner

　

Peanut Allergy - Biomolecular Characterization for Development of a Peanut T-Cell Epitope Peptide Therapy

Jennifer M. Rolland, Sara R. Prickett and Robyn E. O’Hehir

Editorial Reviews

Dr Lopata’s Food Allergy: Molecular and Clinical Practice (CRC Press) provides a comprehensive review of the molecular underpinnings of food allergy. The book is divided into 12 chapters. The !rst chapter provides an overview of the molecular pro!les of the major allergen families in the context of the toxin hypothesis that the allergic immune response evolved as a defense mechanism against toxic environmental substances. Chapters 3 to 6 review important developments concerning the
common food allergens. The other chapters discuss tolerance to vaccines for individuals with egg allergy, the cross-reactivity of shell!sh tropomyosin with dust mite and cockroach, and the common misdiagnosis of fish allergy for reactions to anisakis. Chapters 8 and 9 focus on occupational allergies, highlighting the needs for improved legislative and organizational management.
The book ends with a review of the technology for the diagnosis and treatment of food allergy, including immunoassay, mass spectrometry, and recombinant food allergens. This book is an important review of the molecular basis of food allergy and the future of biotechnology and environmental policy in abating global food allergy.

Ryan Din, MD
Department of Internal Medicine
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York, New York

Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn, MD, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital
New York, New York

Department of Pediatrics
Gastroenterology and Nutrition
School of Medicine Collegium Medicum
University of Warmia and Mazury
Olsztyn, Poland

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