Food allergy

SH Sicherer, HA Sampson - Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2010 - Elsevier
Adverse immune responses to foods affect approximately 5% of young children and 3% to
4% of adults in westernized countries and appear to have increased in prevalence. Food …

TIM genes: a family of cell surface phosphatidylserine receptors that regulate innate and adaptive immunity

GJ Freeman, JM Casasnovas, DT Umetsu… - Immunological …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The TIM (T cell/transmembrane, immunoglobulin, and mucin) gene family plays a critical role
in regulating immune responses, including allergy, asthma, transplant tolerance …

Tumor-derived exosomal HMGB1 fosters hepatocellular carcinoma immune evasion by promoting TIM-1+ regulatory B cell expansion

L Ye, Q Zhang, Y Cheng, X Chen, G Wang… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Regulatory B (Breg) cells represent one of the B cell subsets that
infiltrate solid tumors and exhibit distinct phenotypes in different tumor microenvironments …

Melatonin in food allergy: Mechanism and potential therapy

H Wang, Y Yan, I Hung, C Liu, J Yin… - Journal of Pineal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Food allergy affects more than 500 million people in the world, and its prevalence is
increasing at an alarming rate causing serious public health concerns; however, prevention …

Blocking elevated p38 MAPK restores efferocytosis and inflammatory resolution in the elderly

RPH De Maeyer, RC van de Merwe, R Louie… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Increasing age alters innate immune–mediated responses; however, the mechanisms
underpinning these changes in humans are not fully understood. Using a human dermal …

Upregulation of p53 expression in patients with colorectal cancer by administration of curcumin

ZY He, CB Shi, H Wen, FL Li, BL Wang… - Cancer …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Biological therapies can be beneficial in cancer patients. The present study aims to examine
the inhibitory mechanism of curcumin on cancer cells in patients with colorectal cancer. The …

The transcription factor XBP1 in dendritic cells promotes the TH2 cell response in airway allergy

G Yang, XH Zeng, XR Geng, JQ Liu, LH Mo, XQ Luo… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Dendritic cells (DCs) that express T cell immunoglobulin domain molecule-4 (TIM4), a cell
surface receptor for phosphatidylserine, induce T helper 2 (TH2) cell responses and allergic …

Dendritic cell (DC)-specific targeting reveals Stat3 as a negative regulator of DC function

JA Melillo, L Song, G Bhagat, AB Blazquez… - The Journal of …, 2010 - journals.aai.org
Dendritic cells (DCs) must achieve a critical balance between activation and tolerance, a
process influenced by cytokines and growth factors. IL-10, which transduces signals through …

Food allergy: recent advances in pathophysiology and treatment

SH Sicherer, HA Sampson - Annual review of medicine, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Food allergies, defined as an adverse immune response to food proteins, affect as many as
6% of young children and 3%–4% of adults in westernized countries, and their prevalence …

Antigen-presenting cells in food tolerance and allergy

EG Liu, X Yin, A Swaminathan… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Food allergy now affects 6%–8% of children in the Western world; despite this, we
understand little about why certain people become sensitized to food allergens. The …