Research Article

Towards Defining Molecular Determinants Recognized by Adaptive Immunity in Allergic Disease: An Inventory of the Available Data

Table 4

Epitope data related to food allergy. Genus species have been modified to match IUIS usage. Synonyms for querying the IEDB: tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and brown shrimp is (Farfantepenaeus aztecus).

CategoryAll T cellCD4/class IICD8/class IAll B cellLinear B cellNon-linear B cellTotal epitopes

Common food allergen sources
  Cow’s milk (Bos domesticus)909006616592751
  Peanut (Arachis hypogaea)262603373370363
  Egg (Gallus domesticus)755911501491225
  Common wheat (Triticum aestivum)0001281271128
  Soybean (Glycine max)1107171072
  Hazelnut (Corylus avellana)272702727054
  Brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus)0005353053
  Cashew (Anacardium occidentale)0002727027
  Common walnut (Juglans regia)0002727027
  Sesame seed (Sesamum indicum)0001111011
  Baltic cod (Gadus callarias)0001010010
  Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa)0007707

Other plant species
  Peach (Prunus persica)434301515058
  Banana (Musa acuminata)1105151052
  Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)0003939039
  Apple (Malus x domestica)1102724328
  Celery (Apium graveolens)140000014
  Muskmelon (Cucumis melon)0001212012
  Oriental mustard (Brassica juncea)0009909
  Rice (Oryza sativa japonica)0005505
  American plum (Prunus armeniaca)0004404
  European plum (Prunus domestica)0004404
  Chinese date (Ziziphus mauritiana)0004404
  Sweet cherry (Prunus avium)1003034
  Common oat (Avena sativa)4400004
  Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum)0002202
  Yellow mustard (Sinapis alba)0002112
  Chinese cucumber (Trichosanthes kirilowii)0001101
  Goat grass (Aegilops markgrafii)1100001
  Naked oats (Avena nuda)1100001
  Mango (Mangifera indica)0001101

Other animal species
  Beef (Bos domesticus)2201010012
  Human breast milk (H. sapiens)0006606
  Cow gelatin (Bos domesticus)0003303
  Horned turban snail (Turbo cornutus)0002202
  Red abalone (Haliotis rufescens)0001011
  Fish nematode (Anisakis simplex)0001101