Evgeny Berdyshev, Jihyun Kim, Byung Eui Kim, Elena Goleva, Taras Lyubchenko, Irina Bronova, Anna Sofia Bronoff, Olivia Xiao, Sehun Jang, Sanghee Shin, Jeongmin Song, Jiwon Kim, Sukyung Kim, Boram Park, Kyunga Kim, Suk-Joo Choi, Soo-Young Oh, Kangmo Ahn, Donald Y M Leung
BACKGROUND: Food allergy (FA) often occurs in early childhood with and without atopic dermatitis (AD). FA can be severe and even fatal. For primary prevention, it is important to find early biomarkers to predict the future onset of FA before any clinical manifestations. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to find early predictors of future onset of FA in the stratum corneum (SC). METHODS: Skin tape strips were collected from the forearm of newborns (n = 129) at age 2 months, before any signs of clinical FA or AD...
March 3, 2024: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology