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Letter to the Authors Concerning the Published Manuscript by Rial and Sastre: Food Allergies Caused by Allergenic Lipid Transfer Proteins: What Is Behind the Geographic Restriction?

Letter to the Authors Concerning the Published Manuscript by Rial and Sastre: Food Allergies... Current Allergy and Asthma Reports (2018) 18:70 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11882-018-0828-0 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Letter to the Authors Concerning the Published Manuscript by Rial and Sastre: Food Allergies Caused by Allergenic Lipid Transfer Proteins: What Is Behind the Geographic Restriction? 1 1 1 1 1,2 Margaretha A. Faber & Ine I. Decuyper & Athina L. Van Gasse & Vito Sabato & Margo M. Hagendorens & Didier G. Ebo Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2018 To the Editor, can exhibit distinct phenotypes that are not readily predictable We read with great interest the manuscript by M. J. Rial and by the sIgE results. Although, similar to initial observations in J. Sastre [1] about the geographical distribution of sensitization the Mediterranean basin [3–5], some of our patients demon- to non-specific lipid transfer proteins (ns-LTPs). In present day, strated systemic reactions, the majority of patients with sIgE this is an interesting topic, and therefore we would like to raise reactivity towards ns-LTPs did not report any clinical reaction some issues and questions, especially concerning the preva- to the respective plant food(s). A possible explanation for the lence of ns-LTP sensitization outside the Mediterranean area. absence of overt allergy could be the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Current Allergy and Asthma Reports Springer Journals

Letter to the Authors Concerning the Published Manuscript by Rial and Sastre: Food Allergies Caused by Allergenic Lipid Transfer Proteins: What Is Behind the Geographic Restriction?

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2018 by Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature
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Medicine & Public Health; Allergology
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1529-7322
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1534-6315
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10.1007/s11882-018-0828-0
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Current Allergy and Asthma Reports (2018) 18:70 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11882-018-0828-0 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Letter to the Authors Concerning the Published Manuscript by Rial and Sastre: Food Allergies Caused by Allergenic Lipid Transfer Proteins: What Is Behind the Geographic Restriction? 1 1 1 1 1,2 Margaretha A. Faber & Ine I. Decuyper & Athina L. Van Gasse & Vito Sabato & Margo M. Hagendorens & Didier G. Ebo Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2018 To the Editor, can exhibit distinct phenotypes that are not readily predictable We read with great interest the manuscript by M. J. Rial and by the sIgE results. Although, similar to initial observations in J. Sastre [1] about the geographical distribution of sensitization the Mediterranean basin [3–5], some of our patients demon- to non-specific lipid transfer proteins (ns-LTPs). In present day, strated systemic reactions, the majority of patients with sIgE this is an interesting topic, and therefore we would like to raise reactivity towards ns-LTPs did not report any clinical reaction some issues and questions, especially concerning the preva- to the respective plant food(s). A possible explanation for the lence of ns-LTP sensitization outside the Mediterranean area. absence of overt allergy could be the

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Published: Oct 25, 2018

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