Germline-encoded recognition of peanut underlies development of convergent antibodies in humans

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Humans develop immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to the foods they consume. In the context of food allergy, allergen-specific IgG antibodies can sequentially class-switch to pathogenic IgE. However, the mechanism underlying the antigenicity of food proteins remains uncharacterized. Here, we identified convergent antibodies arising from different antibody gene rearrangements that bind to the immunodominant peanut...

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