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Children of Asian ethnicity in Australia have higher risk of food allergy and early-onset eczema than those in SingaporeIn Western countries, Asian children have higher food allergy risk than Caucasian children. The early-life environmental exposures for this discrepancy are unclear. We aimed to compare prevalence of food allergy and associated risk factors between Asian children in Singapore and Australia.
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A role for early oral exposure to house dust mite allergens through breast milk in IgE-mediated food allergy susceptibilityThis study highlights an unpredicted potential risk factor for the development of food allergy, that is, D pteronyssinus allergens in breast milk
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SmartStartAllergy: a novel tool for monitoring food allergen introduction in infantsInfant feeding practices in Australia have changed over the past decade; a large majority of infants are now fed peanut before 12 months of age
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Whole-Cell Pertussis Vaccination and Decreased Risk of IgE-Mediated Food Allergy: A Nested Case-Control StudyAustralian infants who received whole-cell pertussis vaccines were less likely to be diagnosed with food allergy in childhood
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Epigenetic dysregulation of naive CD4+ T-cell activation genes in childhood food allergyOur data indicate epigenetic dysregulation in the early stages of signal transduction through the T cell receptor complex, and likely reflects pathways modified by gene-environment interactions in food allergy
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Gene polymorphisms, breast-feeding, and development of food sensitization in early childhoodThe effect of breast-feeding on the development of allergic disease is uncertain
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Effects of maternal dietary egg intake during early lactation on human milk ovalbumin concentration: A randomized controlled trialIncreased maternal egg ingestion is associated with increased breastmilk ovalbumin, and markers of immune tolerance in infants
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Cohort profile of the HealthNuts study: Population prevalence and environmental/genetic predictors of food allergyHealthNuts is a single-centre, multi-wave, population-based longitudinal study designed to assess prevalence, determinants, natural history and allergy...
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Mechanisms of allergic disease - environmental and genetic determinants for the development of allergyEnvironmental exposures including maternal inflammation, diet, nutrient balance, microbial colonization and toxin exposures can directly and indirectly...