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TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 2, Pages 67-74Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2008.11.006
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Contact allergy data indicates that atopics have heightened oral tolerance to haptens (chemical allergens). We speculate here, that artificially increased oral exposure to chemicals compete with dietary proteins for the development of oral tolerance, predisposing to the acquisition of food protein allergy and representing one driver for the increasing prevalence of protein allergy and/or atopy. Hapten exposure via other surfaces such as the skin and airways might also be important in promoting atopic disease. Consistent with this hypothesis it is notable that over 40 years, with the huge increase in atopic disease, there has also been an increase in dietary hapten exposure through processed food, formula milk and oral antibiotic and drug use.
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