Allergies: cross-reactivity between cypress pollen and peaches/citrus fruits finally explained

Working in collaboration with teams from the Czech Republic and Japan, researchers from the Institut Pasteur, AP-HP and AP-HM have identified, for the first time, the likely origin of the cross-reactivity between cypress pollen, peaches and citrus fruits. Their work has shown that these sources contain allergens belonging to a new family of proteins involved in pollen food associated syndrome. This discovery, which was published in JACI on August 3rd, paves the way for the development of novel allergy diagnostic tests.

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