Multidisciplinary Approaches to Allergies

Part I. General Allergy

1. Prevalence of Allergic Diseases in China
Huan Qian, Min Zheng

2. Mechanism of Type I Hypersensitivity
Cheng Zhou

3. Multidisciplinary Approaches to Allergy Prevention
Luud J. W. J. Gilissen, Zhong-Shan Gao, Zhi Chen

Part II. Allergenic Sources and Allergens

4. Overview of Allergen Sources in China
Zhao-Wei Yang, Zhong-Shan Gao, Ying-Tao Ma, Shan-Dong Wu, Liya Qiao

5. Allergen Protein Families and Cross-Reactivity
Luud J. W. J. Gilissen, Zhong-Shan Gao

6. Seafood Allergens in China and Anti-allergenic Property of Seaweeds
Zhen-Xing Li, Hong Lin

7. Food Allergen Epitopes
Hong-Bing Chen, Jin-Yan Gao

8. Recombinant Allergens and Applications
Ying-Tao Ma, Zhao-Wei Yang, Zhong-Shan Gao

Part III. Diagnosis

9. The CREATE Project: Development of Certified Reference Materials for Allergenic Products and Validation of Methods for Their Quantification
R. Ree, M. D. Chapman, F. Ferreira, S. Vieths, D. Bryan, O. Cromwell, M. Villalba, S. R. Durham, W. M. Becker, M. Aalbers, C. André, D. Barber, A. Cistero Bahima, A. Custovic, A. Didierlaurent, C. Dolman, J. W. Dorpema, G. Felice, F. Eberhardt, E. Fernandez Caldas, M. Fernandez Rivas, H. Fiebig, M. Focke, K. Fötisch, G. Gadermaier, R. Gaines Das, E. Gonzalez Mancebo, M. Himly, T. Kinaciyan, A. C. Knulst, A. M. Kroon, U. Lepp, F. M. Marco, A. Mari, P. Moingeon, R. Monsalve, A. Neubauer, S. Notten, P. Ooievaar-de Heer, G. Pauli, C. Pini, A. Purohit, J. Quiralte, S. Rak, M. Raulf-Heimsoth, M. San Miguel Moncin, B. Simpson, A. Tsay, L. Vailes, M. Wallner, Bernhard Weber

10. Diagnosis of Skin Allergy Diseases
Huan Qian, Min Zheng

11. Novel Approaches for the In-Vitro Diagnosis of Type I Allergies
Margrit Fooke

12. Influence of Food Processing, Digestion and the Food Matrix on Allergenicity & Cellular Measures of Allergenicity
Y. M. Vissers, H. J. Wichers, H. F. J. Savelkoul

Part IV. Therapies and Pharmacy

13. Immunotherapy of Asthma: From Basic Research to Clinical Practices
Hui-Ying Wang, Hua-Hao Shen

14. Pharmacotherapy in Common Allergic Diseases
Erina M. Lin

15. Immunotherapy in Allergic Skin Disease
Hao Cheng

16. Traditional Chinese Medicine for Treating Food Allergy and Associated Eczema: From Research to Practice Perspective
Xiu-Min Li

17. Immunomodulation by Food
Ingrid Meer, Jurriaan Mes, Amrah Weijn, Harry Wichers

18. Prospective Studies on Mite (Dermatophagoides farinae) Allergen Immunotherapy in China
Ting-Huan Wen

19. The Influence of Pollen Concentration on the Dispension of Antihistaminics and Corticosteroids to Hay Fever Patients
Arnold J. H. Vliet, Hilde Tobi

Part V. Hypoallergenic Products

20. In Search of Hypoallergenic Birch Trees: Characterization of PR-10 Genes from Eight Betula Species and Detection of Bet v 1 Isoforms in Birch Pollen Using a Combined Genomics- Proteomics Approach
M. J. M. Smulders, Martijn F. Schenk, Luud J. W. J. Gilissen

21. Hypoallergenic Soybean, from Genes to Cultivar
Rong-Xia Guan, Xu-Qian Fang, Ru-Zhen Chang, Li-Juan Qiu

22. Fruit Allergy and Genetic and Genomic Tools to Select Hypoallergenic Fruit Cultivars
Zhong-Shan Gao, Zhao-Wei Yang, Luud Gilissen

23. Creating Hypoallergenic Crops through Genetic Modification
Xing-Jun Wang, Han Xia, Shuan-Tao Liu, Chun-Juan Li, Chuan-Zhi Zhao, Ai-Qin Li

24. Acceptance of Natural and Genetically Modified Hypoallergenic Apples by Consumers with an Oral Allergy Syndrome (OAS)
I. M. Meer, M. F. Schenk, A. R. H. Fischer, L. J. Frewer, M. P. Maas, M. J. M. Smulders, L. J. W. J. Gilissen

25. Cow’s Milk Allergens and Technologies to Control Allergenicity
Yong-Kang Luo, Guan-Hao Bu

Part VI. Environment, Hygiene and Societal Issues

26. Prevalence of Asthma and Asthmatic Symptoms in Children in Relation to Environmental Factors —Epidemiological Studies in School Children in Taiyuan, China
Zhuo-Hui Zhao, Zhuan-Hua Wang, Zheng Zhang, D. Norbäck, G. Wieslander

27. The Relationship of Food Allergies and Respiratory Allergies in Urban and Rural Chinese Children
Gary W. K. Wong, Yu-Zhi Chen, Jing Li, Nan-Shan Zhong

28. Socio-Economic Issues Associated with Food Allergy
L. J. Frewer, J. Voordouw, M. F. Schenk, M. C. Putten, B. Gremmen, G. Antonides, J. Cornelisse-Vermaat

29. The Association between Helminth Infections and Atopic Diseases
L. A. H. Hermsen

Keywords: Life Sciences, Life Sciences, general, Allergology, Biotechnology, Food Science, Environmental Health, Pharmacy