title: Potential therapies for food allergy: a review.
abstract: Food allergy is a widespread problem that has been increasing in prevalence in recent years. Avoidance of food allergens is difficult. Food allergic reactions are common and can be severe. Unfortunately, there is little in the way of therapies for food allergy, and strict allergen avoidance remains the standard of care. Several therapeutic approaches are currently being investigated, including subcutaneous, oral, and sublingual immunotherapy, anti-immunoglobulin E therapy, and traditional Chinese medicine. Although results thus far show promise for several of these strategies, further studies are needed to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and long-term outcomes before any food allergy therapies currently under investigation are ready for widespread use in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology and Jaffe Institute for Food Allergy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA.
authors.forename: Jacob D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kattan
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic / Q000379:methods*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; C497376:Food Allergy Herbal Formula-2; D007155:Immunologic Factors; D010936:Plant Extracts; C026408:anti-IgE antibodies