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The Consortium for Food Allergy Research (CoFAR): The first generation.
- Source :
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The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology [J Allergy Clin Immunol] 2019 Feb; Vol. 143 (2), pp. 486-493. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Dec 23. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The Consortium for Food Allergy Research (CoFAR) was established by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 2005 as a collaborative research program bringing together centers focused on the study of food allergy. CoFAR was charged with developing studies to better understand the pathogenesis and natural history of food allergy, as well as potential approaches to the treatment of food allergy. In its first iteration an observational study of infants with milk and egg allergy was established, and studies of oral immunotherapy for egg allergy and sublingual immunotherapy for peanut allergy were initiated, as was a phase 1 study of a recombinant peanut protein vaccine. CoFAR was renewed in 2010 for an additional 5-year period during which the initial observational study was continued, a study of eosinophilic esophagitis was initiated, and new therapeutic trials were established to study epicutaneous immunotherapy for peanut allergy and to compare the safety and efficacy of egg oral immunotherapy to the ingestion of baked egg for the treatment of egg allergy. The results of these efforts will be reviewed in this rostrum, with a brief look to the future of CoFAR.<br /> (Copyright © 2018 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Allergens immunology
Allergens therapeutic use
Animals
Clinical Studies as Topic
Egg Proteins, Dietary immunology
Egg Proteins, Dietary therapeutic use
Eosinophilic Esophagitis therapy
Food Hypersensitivity therapy
Government Programs
Humans
Milk Proteins immunology
Milk Proteins therapeutic use
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U.S.)
United States
Desensitization, Immunologic methods
Eosinophilic Esophagitis immunology
Food Hypersensitivity immunology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1097-6825
- Volume :
- 143
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30586557
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2018.12.989