Food Allergy: Mechanisms, Allergen Characterization and Management
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Physics and (Bio)Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 9309
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food allergens; food analysis; food chemistry; allergen detection; allergen characterization
Interests: allergen detection; DNA analysis; food analysis; food authentication; GMO detection; food chemistry; real-time PCR
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Interests: food allergy; food chemistry; clinical immunology and allergy assessment; allergen detection methods; allergen characterization; food quality; food safety
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food allergies represent a relevant societal challenge, potentially affecting almost 10% of the global population. Although new treatments for food allergies are currently in progress, the total avoidance of allergy-related food is the only effective means of preventing adverse immunological reactions in allergic patients. However, food-allergic individuals are still at risk of suffering accidental exposure to allergenic foods, not only in the context of acquiring processed foods but also during social interactions (restaurants, schools, social events, etc.). Therefore, it is of foremost importance to advance proficient strategies to reduce, or even eliminate, the allergenicity of foods, either by using novel food processing methods or through the development of hypoallergenic foods (genomic manipulation). In parallel, it is also crucial to have efficient food allergen monitoring programs, thus ensuring the advancement of methods that can detect minute amounts of allergens in processed foods.
This Special Issue intends to gather original research and review papers on food allergies focusing on clinical studies, immunological mechanisms, diagnostic methods, potential food allergy treatments, the molecular characterization of food allergens, protein allergenicity assessments, the effect of food processing strategies, and in vitro digestibility, and the development of analytical methods for food allergen analysis.
Dr. Caterina Villa
Dr. Isabel Mafra
Dr. Joana Costa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- food allergy
- diagnosis
- immunotherapy
- food allergens
- allergen characterization
- allergen detection
- food allergen management
- cross-reactivity
- IgE-binding capacity
- allergenicity