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nutrients Nutrition and Allergic Diseases Edited by Joost van Neerven and Huub Savelkoul Printed Edition of the Special Issue Published in Nutrients www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients Nutrition and Allergic Diseases Special Issue Editors Joost van Neerven Huub Savelkoul MDPI • Basel • Beijing • Wuhan • Barcelona • Belgrade Special Issue Editors Joost van Neerven Huub Savelkoul Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research The Netherlands The Netherlands Editorial Office MDPI AG St. Alban-Anlage 66 Basel, Switzerland This edition is a reprint of the Special Issue published online in the open access journal Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643) in 2017 (available at: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients/special_issues/nutrients_allergic). For citation purposes, cite each article independently as indicated on the article page online and as indicated below: Lastname, F.M.; Lastname, F.M. Article title. Journal Name. Year. Article number, page range. First Edition 2018 ISBN 978-3-03842-849-7 (Pbk) ISBN 978-3-03842-850-3 (PDF) Articles in this volume are Open Access and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY), which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. The book taken as a whole is © 2018 MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Table of Contents About the Special Issue Editors ..................................... v Preface to ”Nutrition and Allergic Diseases” ..............................vii R. J. J. van Neerven and Huub Savelkoul Nutrition and Allergic Diseases doi: 10.3390/nu9070762 ........................................ 1 Tomasz P. Wypych and Benjamin J. Marsland Diet Hypotheses in Light of the Microbiota Revolution: New Perspectives doi: 10.3390/nu9060537 ........................................ 9 Rosita Aitoro, Lorella Paparo, Antonio Amoroso, Margherita Di Costanzo, Linda Cosenza, Viviana Granata, Carmen Di Scala, Rita Nocerino, Giovanna Trinchese, Mariangela Montella, Danilo Ercolini and Roberto Berni Canani Gut Microbiota as a Target for Preventive and Therapeutic Intervention against Food Allergy doi: 10.3390/nu9070672 ........................................ 22 Lies Hulshof, Belinda vant Land, Aline B. Sprikkelman and Johan Garssen Role of Microbial Modulation in Management of Atopic Dermatitis in Children doi: 10.3390/nu9080854 ........................................ 34 Catrina L. McStay, Susan L. Prescott, Carol Bower and Debra J. Palmer Maternal Folic Acid Supplementation during Pregnancy and Childhood Allergic Disease Outcomes: A Question of Timing? doi: 10.3390/nu9020123 ........................................ 48 Daniel Munblit, Marina Treneva, Diego G. Peroni, Silvia Colicino, Li Yan Chow, Shobana Dissanayeke, Alexander Pampura, Attilio L. Boner, Donna T. Geddes, Robert J. Boyle and John O. Warner Immune Components in Human Milk Are Associated with Early Infant Immunological Health Outcomes: A Prospective Three-Country Analysis doi: 10.3390/nu9060532 ........................................ 62 Daniel Munblit, Diego G. Peroni, Alba Boix-Amor´os,Peter S. Hsu, Belinda Vant Land, Melvin C. L. Gay, Anastasia Kolotilina, Chrysanthi Skevaki, Robert J. Boyle, Maria Carmen Collado, Johan Garssen, Donna T. Geddes, Ralph Nanan, Carolyn Slupsky, Ganesa Wegienka, Anita L. Kozyrskyj and John O. Warner Human Milk and Allergic Diseases: An Unsolved Puzzle doi: 10.3390/nu9080894 ........................................ 76 Anh N. Nguyen, Niels J. Elbert, Suzanne G. M. A. Pasmans, Jessica C. Kiefte-de Jong, Nicolette W. de Jong, Henri´’ette A. Moll, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Johan C. de Jongste, Oscar H. Franco, Liesbeth Duijts and Trudy Voortman Diet Quality throughout Early Life in Relation to Allergic Sensitization and Atopic Diseases in Childhood doi: 10.3390/nu9080841 ........................................119 Alessandra Mazzocchi, Carina Venter, Kate Maslin and Carlo Agostoni The Role of Nutritional Aspects in Food Allergy: Prevention and Management doi: 10.3390/nu9080850 ........................................132 iii Yvan Vandenplas Prevention and Management of Cows Milk Allergy in Non-Exclusively Breastfed Infants doi: 10.3390/nu9070731 ........................................144 Elizabeth A. Miles and Philip C. Calder Can Early Omega-3 Fatty Acid Exposure Reduce Risk of Childhood Allergic Disease? doi: 10.3390/nu9070784 ........................................159 Tabea Brick, Markus Ege, Sjef Boeren, Andreas B´’’ock, Erika von Mutius, Jacques Vervoort and Kasper Hettinga Effect of Processing Intensity on Immunologically Active Bovine Milk Serum Proteins doi: 10.3390/nu9090963 ........................................175 Malgorzata Teodorowicz, Joost van Neerven and Huub Savelkoul Food Processing: The Influence of the Maillard Reaction on Immunogenicity and Allergenicity of Food Proteins doi: 10.3390/nu9080835 ........................................189 Pathum Dhanapala, Dulashi Withanage-Dona, Mimi L. K. Tang, Tim Doran and Cenk Suphioglu Hypoallergenic Variant of the Major Egg White Allergen Gal d 1 Produced by Disruption of Cysteine Bridges doi: 10.3390/nu9020171 ........................................207 Banafshe Hosseini, Bronwyn S. Berthon, Peter Wark and Lisa G. Wood Effects of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption on Risk of Asthma, Wheezing and Immune Responses: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis doi: 10.3390/nu9040341 ........................................218 Elisa Haroun-D´ıaz,Julin Azofra, Elo´ınaGonz´alez-Mancebo,Manuel de las Heras, Carlos Pastor-Vargas, Vanesa Esteban, Mayte Villalba, Araceli D´ıaz-Peralesand Javier Cuesta-Herranz Nut Allergy in Two Different Areas of Spain: Differences in Clinical and Molecular Pattern doi: 10.3390/nu9080909 ........................................244 iv About the Special Issue Editors Joost van Neerven, Professor in Mucosal Immunity Trained as a biologist, Prof. Joost van Neerven received his Ph.D. in 1995 at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands discussing a thesis on the role of T cells in allergy. He then joined ALK-ABello in Denmark, where he studied the application of allergens for immunotherapy and the underlying immunological mechanisms. In 1999, he returned to the Netherlands, where he subsequently worked in several biotechnology companies. In 2003, he co- founded Bioceros BV, a biotechnology company that develops and manufactures therapeutic monoclonal antibodies. In 2006, he joined FrieslandCampina and, in 2013, he was appointed special Professor of Mucosal Immunity at Wageningen University. His research interests are (mucosal) immunology, allergy, nutrition, and dairy. Huub Savelkoul, Professor in Cell Biology and Immunology. Trained as a biologist with majors in Biochemistry, Cell Biology, and Genetics, Prof. Huub Savelkoul received his PhD cum laude in Immunology from the Medical Faculty of the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, discussing a thesis on IgE formation and regulation in mouse models of allergy. He was then a postdoctoral fellow at the DNAX Research Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology in Palo Alto, California, where he studied cytokine- based immunoregulation in allergy. Since 2000, he is full professor at Wageningen University, where he co-founded the Allergy Consortium Wageningen. Prof. Savelkoul's main research interests are the regulation of IgE antibody formation in allergy, the immunogenicity and allergenicity of dietary components, the basic immune-mediated mechanisms in food allergy, the immunomodulation by food and feed, and the development of allergy-linked immunodiagnostics. v Preface to “Nutrition and Allergic Diseases” Dear reader, We are very pleased that the special issue "Nutrition and Allergic Diseases" that appeared in the online version of the journal Nutrients in 2017 is now available in the form of a book. The expanding world population and the economic growth over the last few decades have coincided with a sharp increase in the incidence of inhalant allergies (asthma, rhinitis), atopic dermatitis, and food allergies on a global scale. The management of allergic diseases poses a challenge for health care budgets. So far, the most significant developments in the management of allergic diseases have been obtained in the field of allergy treatment. As it is becoming increasingly clear that the development of allergies is linked to our environment and diet, which affect our microbiological exposure and microbiota composition, we hope that in the coming years more effort will be devoted to preventing, rather than treating, allergies. Diet during pregnancy, infancy, and childhood may be of key importance to achieve this goal. For this reason, the special issue "Nutrition and Allergic Diseases" is highly relevant as well as timely. We are very pleased that many leading scientists in the field have contributed to this book, providing an overview of the current trends and developments in nutrition and allergy. Of special note is the fact that the effects of nutrition on allergy are not limited to food allergy but are also apparent in inhalant allergies, such as asthma and rhinitis. We hope you enjoy reading this book! Joost van Neerven and Huub Savelkoul Special Issue Editors vii Nutrients 2017, 9, 762 It is clear that the development of IgE mediated allergic diseases is influenced
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