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Genetic differences in omega-gliadins involved in two different immediate food hypersensitivities to wheat.
Allergy - 1 Aug 2007
Laurière M, Pecquet C, Boulenc E, Bouchez-Mahiout I, Snégaroff J, Choudat D, Raison-Peyron N, Vigan M, Branlard G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Anti-gliadin IgE are expressed in patients with food allergy associated to skin immediate hypersensitivity to hydrolyzed wheat proteins (IHHWP). It is not known if they react with omega5-gliadins, the major allergens in wheat dependant exercise-induced food anaphylaxis (WDEIA), encoded on wheat chromosomes 1B. METHODS: Unmodified gliadins from 14 wheat varieties expressing most of the 1B omega-gliadin...
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