The Molecular Mechanisms and Pathogenesis of Food Allergy and New Technologies
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2025) | Viewed by 958
Special Issue Editor
Interests: proteomics; mass spectrometry; tandem mass spectrometry; proteins; food science and technology; molecular biology; food safety; confocal microscopy; food quality; food and nutrition
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Dear Colleagues,
Food allergy is considered one of the major concerns in food safety. It is estimated to affect 6-8% of young children and about 2-4% of adults. The prevalence of this emerging worldwide problem has been increasing during the last two decades, especially in industrialized countries, although the reason for this rise remains an open question. Currently, there is no cure for food allergy, and individuals with it must practice strict avoidance of food allergen.
A major limitation that frustrates the development of current treatments is the lack of the mechanistic understanding of what makes a food protein an allergen, and the immunological and gastrointestinal mechanisms that control the induction of tolerance vs sensitization to food allergy.
Advanced new technologies based on Genomics, Proteomics, Transcriptomics, Metabolomics, Microbiology, Systems Biology, Micro/Nanofabrication of devices and Food Technology make them favorable strategies for food allergy control, therapy and study, where research institutions, industries, regulatory and health laboratories collaborate to acquire knowledge and guarantee food quality and safety for consumers.
In this Special Issue, we invite experts as well as beginners in the field of food allergy and advanced technologies to contribute their ideas for accelerating the implementation of new technologies procedures in food allergy.
Dr. Mónica Carrera
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- food allergy
- omics
- genomics
- proteomics
- transcriptomics
- metabolomics
- systems biology
- micro/nanoabrication
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