Three-year prognoses after low-dose oral food challenge for cow's milk.

Background: Low-dose (LD) oral food challenge (OFC) with heated cow's milk (CM; 3 mL) effectively prevents CM elimination in children with CM allergy (CMA). We investigated the long-term prognoses after an LD-OFC for CMA.

Methods: Children with immediate CMA symptoms after consuming <25 mL of CM within 2 years of a baseline LD-OFC were retrospectively analyzed.

Evaluating clinical importance of sensitization to Ara h 6 quantitively in Japanese children.

Background: The clinical importance of sensitization to 6 (Ara h 6) in Japanese children remains unelucidated. We aimed to quantitatively evaluate the clinical importance of sensitization to Ara h 6 in managing peanut allergy in Japanese children.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data of children with or without symptoms induced by an oral food challenge or home dosing of up to 3 g of peanuts.

Mechanical forces exerted on floral primordia with a novel experimental system modify floral development in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Mechanical forces play a crucial role in plant development, including floral development. We previously reported that the phyllotactic variation in the staminate flowers of Ceratophyllum demersum may be caused by mechanical forces on the adaxial side of floral primordia, which may be a common mechanism in angiosperms. On the basis of this result, we developed a novel experimental system for analysis of the effects of mechanical forces on the floral meristem of Arabidopsis thaliana, aiming to induce morphological changes in flowers.

Accidental allergic reactions to immediate-type food allergens in Japanese children: A single-center study.

Background: Few studies have assessed the nature of accidental allergic reactions (AAR). We assessed the prevalence and risk factors for AAR in Japanese children.

Methods: This study included children with immediate-type hen's egg (HE), cow's milk (CM), wheat, or peanut allergy who developed allergic reactions within at least 2 years and were followed up regularly at a single national allergy center in Japan.

Timing of initial symptom onset during milk and wheat challenges: A retrospective study.

Background: Allergic reactions to milk appear sooner than those to hen's eggs, irrespective of the total dose of the oral food challenges (OFCs) and type of matrices. The reported median times for the first symptom occurrence are 20-30 min with milk and 50-60 min with eggs. However, allergic reactions due to wheat have not yet been fully investigated.

Three-year prognosis after low-dose oral food challenge for children with wheat allergy.

Background: Low-dose oral food challenge (LD-OFC) is an approach to avoid complete elimination in high-risk patients with wheat allergy (WA). We examined the 3-year prognosis after LD-OFC among patients who passed and failed LD-OFC.

Methods: Children with immediate-type WA aged ≤6 years with a history of reaction to ≤390 mg of wheat protein underwent their first LD-OFC with 52 mg (baseline LD-OFC).

Natural history of cow's milk allergy in children aged 6-12 years.

Background: Approximately 50%-90% of children with immediate-type cow's milk allergy (CMA) acquire tolerance by pre-school age. We aimed to investigate the acquisition rate of CMA tolerance in children aged 6-12 years.

Methods: We included children with CMA who persisted until the age of 6.

Effect of Maternal Egg Intake During the Early Neonatal Period and Risk of Infant Egg Allergy at 12 Months Among Breastfeeding Mothers: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Importance: Egg introduction in infants at age 4 to 6 months is associated with a lower risk of immunoglobulin E-mediated egg allergy (EA). However, whether their risk of EA at age 12 months is affected by maternal intake of eggs at birth is unknown.

Objective: To determine the effect of maternal egg intake during the early neonatal period (0-5 days) on the development of EA in breastfed infants at age 12 months.

Relationship between serum allergen-specific immunoglobulin E and threshold dose in an oral food challenge.

Background: Several studies have reported threshold doses for food allergens. However, evidence regarding potential risk factors for low threshold doses is limited. Moreover, the relationship between threshold dose and specific immunoglobulin E (sIgE) levels to causative foods remains unclear.

Risk factors for failing a repeat oral food challenge in preschool children with hen's egg allergy.

Background: Children with hen's egg (HE) allergy and a positive initial oral food challenge (OFC) require rechallenge to assess for tolerance. However, the risk factors for a positive repeat OFC remain unclear.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data from 243 preschool children who failed an initial OFC with half a heated HE and repeated the same OFC after 6-24 months.

Phenotyping of immediate-type food allergies based on 10 years of research: A latent class analysis.

Background: Food allergy is a disease with a diverse and variable natural history, and some patients may react to two or more food antigens. This study aimed to classify and characterize the long-term prognosis of infantile-onset, immediate-type food allergies, focusing on three major antigens in Japan: egg, milk, and wheat.

Methods: All children who visited our hospital with food allergies, including suspected cases, were prospectively registered in our medical database.

Risk Factors for Lung Function Decline in Pediatric Asthma under Treatment: A Retrospective, Multicenter, Observational Study.

Background: Childhood asthma is a major risk for low lung function in later adulthood, but what factors in asthma are associated with the poor lung function during childhood is not known. Objective: To identify clinical factors in children with asthma associated with low or declining lung function during the treatment. Methods: We enrolled children with asthma who had been treated throughout three age periods, i.

Macadamia nut-specific IgE levels for predicting anaphylaxis.

Background: Despite the high risk of anaphylaxis in patients with a macadamia nut allergy (MdA), little is known about the significance of macadamia nut-specific immunoglobulin E (Md-sIgE). Thus, this study aimed to investigate the utility of Md-sIgE for predicting anaphylaxis.

Methods: Children with suspected MdA who visited our hospital were included.

Long-term outcomes of oral immunotherapy for anaphylactic egg allergy in children.

Background: Studies of long-term oral immunotherapy (OIT) in children with anaphylactic egg allergy are limited.

Objective: Our aim was to investigate the long-term outcomes of OIT for anaphylactic egg allergy.

Methods: The participants included children (aged ≥ 5 years) with a history of anaphylaxis in response to eggs and objective reactions to oral food challenge (OFC) with 250 mg of egg protein.

Precision medicine for cow's milk immunotherapy in clinical practice.

Purpose Of Review: Several novel immunotherapies have recently been reported for the treatment of cow's milk allergy (CMA). However, systematic methods for the selection of immunotherapy in clinical practice have not been investigated. In this review, we have provided suggestions for safe and effective immunotherapy for patients with CMA.