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Poster 2001: Generation a hypoallergenic profilin from amaranthus palmeri pollen

Poster 2001: Generation a hypoallergenic profilin from amaranthus palmeri pollen Landa and Reyes World Allergy Organization Journal 2014, 7(Suppl 1):P18 http://www.waojournal.org/content/7/S1/P18 POSTER PRESENTATION Open Access Poster 2001: Generation a hypoallergenic profilin from amaranthus palmeri pollen Cesar Manuel Landa , César Augusto Sandino Reyes From 2013 WAO Symposium on Immunotherapy and Biologics Chicago, IL, USA. 13-14 December 2013 Background positive Skin prick tests (SPT) for A. palmeripollen Amaranthus pollen grains are known to be highly aller- and second group was formed by allergic volunteers genic and a potential cause of respiratory allergic diseases without SPT. in many countries. Amaranthus palmeri pollen is an important allergenic source in Mexico; however in our Results country, there is not reported data about the prevalence Eight profilins were cloned and cDNA sequencing of these pollens. The first allergenic profilin was identi- revealed that seven of these are 393 bp encoding for 131 fied from birch pollen allergen (Bet v 2) in 1991. Many amino acid residues and the other cDNA is 399 bp studies have been described that patients who developed encoding for 133 amino acid residues. These isoforms allergies against profilin from pollen commonly pre- were named rAmpa ISO-1 to -8. rAmpa ISO-1, -4, -7 sented cross-reactivity against to vegetable food profilin, and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png World Allergy Organization Journal Springer Journals

Poster 2001: Generation a hypoallergenic profilin from amaranthus palmeri pollen

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Poster 2001: Generation a hypoallergenic profilin from amaranthus palmeri pollen

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Landa and Reyes World Allergy Organization Journal 2014, 7(Suppl 1):P18 http://www.waojournal.org/content/7/S1/P18 POSTER PRESENTATION Open Access Poster 2001: Generation a hypoallergenic profilin from amaranthus palmeri pollen Cesar Manuel Landa , César Augusto Sandino Reyes From 2013 WAO Symposium on Immunotherapy and Biologics Chicago, IL, USA. 13-14 December 2013 Background positive Skin prick tests (SPT) for A. palmeripollen Amaranthus pollen grains are known to be highly aller-...
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Medicine & Public Health; Allergology; Immunology
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Landa and Reyes World Allergy Organization Journal 2014, 7(Suppl 1):P18 http://www.waojournal.org/content/7/S1/P18 POSTER PRESENTATION Open Access Poster 2001: Generation a hypoallergenic profilin from amaranthus palmeri pollen Cesar Manuel Landa , César Augusto Sandino Reyes From 2013 WAO Symposium on Immunotherapy and Biologics Chicago, IL, USA. 13-14 December 2013 Background positive Skin prick tests (SPT) for A. palmeripollen Amaranthus pollen grains are known to be highly aller- and second group was formed by allergic volunteers genic and a potential cause of respiratory allergic diseases without SPT. in many countries. Amaranthus palmeri pollen is an important allergenic source in Mexico; however in our Results country, there is not reported data about the prevalence Eight profilins were cloned and cDNA sequencing of these pollens. The first allergenic profilin was identi- revealed that seven of these are 393 bp encoding for 131 fied from birch pollen allergen (Bet v 2) in 1991. Many amino acid residues and the other cDNA is 399 bp studies have been described that patients who developed encoding for 133 amino acid residues. These isoforms allergies against profilin from pollen commonly pre- were named rAmpa ISO-1 to -8. rAmpa ISO-1, -4, -7 sented cross-reactivity against to vegetable food profilin, and

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