title: Proteomic applications in food allergy: food allergenomics.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To familiarize the reader with the recent developments in the identification of food protein allergens by proteomics mass spectrometry-based methods, named allergenomics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The proteomic analysis of food protein allergens has became a hot topic in the food safety field in recent years. Indeed, food allergies represent a current and relevant problem in clinical medicine. Several food allergenomics studies have recently been performed, aiming at better understanding the cause of sensitization to cow's milk in breastfed infants and at assessing both the safety of food (e.g. transgenic) and in particular the allergenic properties of processed fish and seafood.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Food protein allergen characterization and quantification, together with the immunoglobulin E epitope mapping, will contribute to the diagnosis/prognosis of food allergy and will lead to a better safety assessment of foods (e.g. novel transgenic foods).
authors.affiliation: aDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Piazza Sant'Onofrio, Rome bDepartment of Women's and Children's Health University of Padova, Via Giustiniani, Padova cAllergy Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Piazza Sant'Onofrio, Rome dDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, San Camillo Hospital, Viale Vittorio Veneto, Treviso, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Girolamo
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muraca
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mazzina
authors.forename: Isabella
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lante
authors.forename: Lamia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dahdah
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D059022:Food Safety / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens