BACKGROUND IgE-binding of process-modified foods or proteins is the most common method for examination of how food processing affects allergenicity of food allergens. How processing affects sensitization capacity is generally studied by administration of purified food proteins or food extracts and not allergens present in their natural food matrix. OBJECTIVES The aim was to investigate if the...

The role of antibody avidity in allergy is poorly understood and there is no existing literature describing antibody avidity in food allergy. The main aim of this study was to investigate IgE and IgG avidity to a total peanut protein extract (TPPE) and purified Ara h 2 in a group of well-characterized peanut allergic individuals. Forty peanut allergic patients underwent a double-blind placebo-c...

In order to help allergic patients manage often severe symptoms, food manufacturers are required to list allergens on labels whereas researchers are working to improve diagnostics and develop effective immunotherapies. Existing tools using generic immunoassays do not provide precise identification or quantification of specific food allergens. Our goal was to develop an accurate, sensitive and h...

This report investigates the pharmacokinetics of nimustine (ACNU), cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C), and methotrexate (MTX) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) during CSF perfusion chemotherapy. A 47-year-old Japanese man with spinal cord, cerebellum and brain stem dissemination of oligo-astrocytoma received nine courses of CSF perfusion chemotherapy with ACNU, Ara-C, and MTX. A CSF perfusion chemotherapy...

We evaluated the interaction of a biochemically active concentration of cyclopentenyl cytosine (CPE-C), an investigational antimetabolite which inhibits CTP synthetase, on the cytotoxicity of arabinosyl-5-azacytosine (Ara-AC) and 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine (Ara-C) in HCT 116 colon carcinoma cells. A 3-h exposure to 0.5 microM CPE-C depleted CTP pools by over 90% and decreased dCTP pools ...

BACKGROUND To date, diagnosing food allergies in children still presents a diagnostic dilemma, leading to uncertainty concerning the definite diagnosis of peanut allergy, as well as to the need for strict diets and the potential need for adrenalin auto-injectors. This uncertainty in particular is thought to contribute to a lower quality of life. In the diagnostic process double-blind food chall...

The formation of layer-like FAU-type zeolites was facilitated in the absence of any organic template. Instead, the addition of simple inorganic salts turned out to be an effective and easy to handle alternative to organic additives to induce morphological and even structural changes during zeolite crystallisation.

Methods Brown Norway rats were either dosed orally by gavage each day for 42 days with finely ground whole peanut products (blanched or roasted peanuts or peanut butter) mixed with water [~2 mg Ara h 1/rat/day] or immunised i.p. three times with 200 μg of native, heated or heat glycated Ara h 1. Sera obtained at sacrifice were analysed for specific IgG and IgE by ELISA and for biological functi...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to establish the diagnostic decision point (DDP) of peanut specific IgE (sIgE) for predicting the outcome of oral food challenge (OFC). We also evaluated the usefulness of sIgE to peanut components (Ara h 1, 2, 3, 8, and 9) in diagnosing peanut allergy. METHODS Korean children aged over 12 months with a suspected peanut allergy were enrolled. Diagnosis of...

BACKGROUND Erythropoietin exerts anti-inflammatory, antiapoptotic, and cytoprotective effects in addition to its hematopoietic action. A nonhematopoietic erythropoietin analogue, ARA 290, has similar properties. The efficacy of pancreatic islet transplantation (PITx) is reduced due to islet damage that occurs during isolation and from the severe inflammatory reactions caused by the transplantat...