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SUBMITTER: Mateos-Hernandez L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5400532 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mateos-Hernández Lourdes L Villar Margarita M Moral Angel A Rodríguez Carmen García CG Arias Teresa Alfaya TA de la Osa Verónica V Brito Francisco Feo FF Fernández de Mera Isabel G IG Alberdi Pilar P Ruiz-Fons Francisco F Cabezas-Cruz Alejandro A Estrada-Peña Agustín A de la Fuente José J
Oncotarget 20170301 13
Tick-borne infectious diseases and allergies are a growing problem worldwide. Tick bite allergy has been associated with the direct effect of immunoglobulin E (IgE) response to tick salivary antigens, or secondary to the induction of allergy to red meat consumption through IgE antibodies against the carbohydrate α-Gal (Gal α 1-3Gal β 1-(3)4GlcNAc-R). However, despite the growing burden of this pathology, the proteins associated with anaphylaxis to tick bite have not been characterized. To addres ...[more]