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ReviewAllergy2024

From bite to brain: Neuro-immune interactions in food allergy.

Vikki Houghton, Thomas Eiwegger, Esther Borges Florsheim, Rebecca C Knibb, Sandrine Thuret, Alexandra F Santos

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Review in Allergy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. AllergoOncology in Review: Harnessing Allergy in the Field of Oncology to Improve Patient Outcomes.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2026
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  6. The oesophagus as an immune organ.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Vikki HoughtonPeter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6307-6529
Thomas EiweggerDepartment of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital St. Pölten, St. Pölten, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-2914-7829
Esther Borges FlorsheimCenter for Health Through Microbiomes, Biodesign Institute Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5889-7442
Rebecca C KnibbInstitute of Health and Neurodevelopment, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5561-0904
Sandrine ThuretDepartment of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1260-8083
Alexandra F SantosPeter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7805-1436

Funding

King's College LondonKing's Health PartnersWellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated food allergies are reported to affect around 3.5% of children and 2.4% of adults, with symptoms varying in range and severity. While being the gold standard for diagnosis, oral food challenges are burdensome, and diagnostic tools based on specific IgE can be flawed. Furthering our understanding of the mechanisms behind food allergy onset, severity and persistence could help reveal immune profiles associated with the disease, to ultimately aid in diagnosis. Alterations to cytokine levels and immune cell ratios have been identified, though further research is needed to fully capture the heterogenous nature of food allergy. Moreover, the existence of such immune alterations also raises the question of potential wider systemic effects. For example, recent research has emphasised the existence and impact of neuro-immune interactions and implicated behavioural and neurological changes associated with food allergy. This review will provide an overview of such food allergy-driven neuro-immune interactions, with the aim of emphasising the importance of furthering our understanding of the immune mechanisms underlying IgE-mediated food allergy.

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Food HypersensitivityImmunoglobulin ENeuroimmunomodulationAllergensAnimalsBrainCytokinesHumansAllergensCytokinesImmunoglobulin Eanxietyfood allergyimmune mechanismsmast cellsneuro‐immune interactions

Identifiers

PMID39462229
PMCPMC11657076

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