1st Edition
Rare and Risky Food Allergens Clinical Relevance, Cross-reactivity, and Management
1. Rare Food Allergens: Emerging Insights into Pathophysiology, Detection Methods, and Therapeutic Strategies
Roua Lajnaf, Sawsan Feki, Salma Ben Ameur, Hamadi Attia, Thouraya Kammoun, Mohamed Ali Ayadi, Hatem Masmoudi
2. Recent advances about rare and hidden food allergens
George Konstantinou, Maria Petrodimopoulou
3. Allergens in Non-Bovine Mammalian Milks (Goat, Sheep, Donkey, Mare, and Camel): Clinical Relevance, Diagnosis and Management Strategies
Roua Lajnaf, Sawsan Feki, Salma Ben Ameur, Hamadi Attia, Thouraya Kammoun, Mohamed Ali Ayadi, Hatem Masmoudi
4. Rare Rosacea fruit allergens : clinical relevance, cross-reactivity and management
Patrícia Moreira, Carlos M. Pereira, Caterina Villa, Isabel Mafra, Joana Costa
5. Kiwi allergens: clinical relevance and cross-reactivity
Marija Gavrović-Jankulović, Marina Atanasković-Marković
6. Mango Allergens: Clinical Relevance, Cross-Reactivity, and Implications for Diagnosis
Jinlong Zhao, Baoshi Wang, Ligong Zai, Guoyuan Xiong, Chuanlai Du
7. Rare legume allergens (pea, chickpea and lentil): clinical relevance and cross-reactivity
Amit Singh, Zahid Hasan, Kamrul Islam, Cal Albirini, Amar Samour, Nouraldeen Refai, Ziyam Khan, Kanika Bhargava, Tawni Holmes, Zhibo Yang, Nazma Shaheen, Nagib Ahsan
8. Banana allergy : molecular characterization of key allergens, clinical relevance and relationship with latex sensitivity
Griselda Korçari, Artan Trebicka,Mirela Tushe, Mirela Lika (Çekani)
9. Allergy to polysaccharide thickeners including pectin: clinical relevance, occupational asthma and cross-reactivity
Ken Washio
10. Spice allergens: clinical relevance and cross-reactivity
Sabyasachi Banerjee, Avik Das, Subhasis Banerjee, Sankhadip Bose, Santanu Banerjee, Shibangi Mukhopadhyay
11. Eggplant allergens: clinical relevance and cross-reactivity
Yeldur P. Venkatesh
12. Rice allergens: clinical relevance and occupational asthma
Muhammad Afzaal, Laraib Shoukat, Muhammad Aamir, Marriam Azhar, Mehwish Naseer, Sania Basharat
13. Honey allergens: pollens and bee venoms
Sampat Ghosh, Chuleui Jung
14. Chocolate and cacao allergens: clinical relevance and occupational asthma
Melvin Lee Qiyu
15. Coffee allergens: clinical relevance and cross-reactivity
Michitaro Hayakawa
16. Chamomile and green tea allergy
Prem Rajak, Abhratanu Ganguly, Satadal Adhikary, Suchandra Bhattacharya, Sukhendu Dey
17. Edible algae and allergenicity : clinical relevance and cross reactivity of algal proteins
Dora Elisa Cruz-Casas, Iván A. Niño-Vázquez, J. David García-Ortiz, Rosa María Santiago-Santiago, Adriana Carolina Flores-Gallegos, Álvaro Javier Pastrana-Pastrana
18. Food additive allergens: colorants, preservatives, flavoring and thickening agents
Soniya Goyal, Kajal Jain
19. Mammalian and exotic meat allergens: Insights into Alpha-Gal Syndrome
Vesna Vukičević Lazarević
20. Edible insect allergens: cross-reactivity and co-sensitization with crustaceans
Carla S. S. Teixeira, Bruno Carriço-Sá, Rita Biltes, Catarina Dias, Caterina Villa, Joana Costa, Isabel Mafra
21. Diagnosis and management of rare food allergies
Mahiti Gupta, Pradeep Kumar, Anshika Bhardwaj, Soniya Goyal
Biography
Dr. Roua Lajnaf received her Engineer and MSc degrees in Biological Engineering from the National Engineering School of Sfax, Tunisia, and earned her PhD in Biochemistry and Food Technology from the University of Montpellier, France, in 2017. Her research expertise focuses on milk proteins from various mammalian species and the impact of different food processing technologies on their functional properties and allergenicity.
Dr. Lajnaf is currently affiliated with the University of Liège, Belgium, where her work addresses the intersection of climate change, food safety, and human health, including food allergies.
She has extensive experience in academia and food engineering, having taught at the universities of Sfax, Monastir, and Tunis El-Manar in Tunisia, covering topics such as food technology, quality management, and nutritional pathologies, including food allergies. She has presented her work at numerous international conferences, seminars, and congresses and has authored a substantial body of research articles, review papers, book chapters, patents, and books in the fields of food engineering and food allergy. She serves as a reviewer for several journals in food biochemistry and toxicology and is the editor of Food Allergies: Processing Technologies for Allergenicity Reduction (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group). She has also acted as Lead Guest Editor for multiple journals in nutrition and allergy sciences.
In recognition of her pioneering work on developing cow’s milk alternatives suitable for children with milk protein allergies, Dr. Lajnaf was awarded the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Prize in 2022 in the field of Biological Sciences.
Prof. Sawsan Feki, MD, PhD is a specialist in Immunology, affiliated with the Immunology Laboratory at Habib Bourguiba University Hospital and the Faculty of Medicine, Sfax, Tunisia. She serves as a member of the Board of the Tunisian Immunology Society (STI). Her expertise spans autoimmune diseases, autoantibodies, immunogenetics, adaptive immunity, allergic disorders, rheumatic and immune-mediated diseases.
Prof. Feki has extensive academic experience, teaching medical students in immunology and allergology, and has completed a PhD focusing on autoimmune diseases. She has presented her research at numerous national and international congresses and has published widely in immunology, allergology, internal medicine, oncology, and related fields, including review articles on food allergies and multiple sclerosis. She is actively involved in epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of immunological disorders, participating in national and international working groups in these domains.
Prof. Feki is also the author and co-author of several books and book chapters covering allergic and autoimmune diseases, oncology, and internal medicine, contributing significantly to the advancement of knowledge in clinical and translational immunology.
