Food Allergen Detection, Allergic Mechanism and Anti-allergy Research

Dear Colleagues,

Food allergies (FAs) are a major health issue around the world, and are the subject of growing concern due to their increasing prevalence and significant burden on the lives of allergic patients and their families. Importantly, there is currently no effective cure for FAs, and the only way to preventing allergic reactions to certain foods is strict avoidance. It is worth noting that the implementation of and adherence to a diet that is free of allergenic foods is challenging. Thus, rapid and sensitive food allergen detection has been proposed, contributing to the labelling of packaged foods and food allergy control, and should help to overcome the effects of allergen structural modification and the cross-pollution of slight trace amounts of allergens during processing. Meanwhile, an FA is an adverse health effect arising from a specific immune-mediated response that occurs reproducibly on oral exposure to a given food. The past few years have seen advances in the mechanistic understanding of FAs and oral tolerance, which could pave the way to definitive ways for the treatment and prevention of FAs. In addition, many natural substances and treated foods are considered to have potential anti-allergic properties in FA. These studies contribute to the literature on food allergies from different perspectives, but are complementary with each other regarding anti-allergy research.

Prof. Dr. Zhihua Wu
Guest Editor

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