Epicutaneous Immunity and Onset of Allergic Diseases - Per-“Eczema”tous Sensitization Drives the Allergy March

Results: from recent epidemiological studies strongly suggest that ingestion of food promotes immune tolerance to food antigens, whereas exposure to food antigens through skin leads to allergic sensitization. A “dual-allergen-exposure hypothesis” has been proposed to explain those findings. However,...

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Main Authors: Kenji Matsumoto, Hirohisa Saito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Allergology International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893015301428