Ronald van Ree

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Affiliation: Sanquin Research
Country: The Netherlands

Publications

  1. ncbi Clinical importance of cross-reactivity in food allergy
    Ronald van Ree
    Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 4:235-40. 2004
  2. ncbi IgE binding to pepsin-digested food extracts
    Jaap H Akkerdaas
    Sanquin Research, Department of Immunopathology and Laboratory for Experimental and Clinical Immunology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 138:203-8. 2005
  3. ncbi Cloning of oleosin, a putative new hazelnut allergen, using a hazelnut cDNA library
    Jaap H Akkerdaas
    Academical Medical Center, Department of Experimental Immunology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Mol Nutr Food Res 50:18-23. 2006
  4. ncbi Characterization of natural Dac g 1 variants: an alternative to recombinant group 1 allergens
    Erica van Oort
    Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 114:1124-30. 2004
  5. ncbi Allergen-specific IgE testing in the diagnosis of food allergy and the event of a positive match in the bioinformatics search
    Ronald van Ree
    Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Mol Nutr Food Res 50:645-54. 2006
  6. ncbi Diminished response to grass pollen allergen challenge in subjects with concurrent house dust mite allergy
    Susanne M Reinartz
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Rhinology 47:192-8. 2009
  7. ncbi A novel approach for the detection of potentially hazardous pepsin stable hazelnut proteins as contaminants in chocolate-based food
    Jaap H Akkerdaas
    Sanquin Research, Department of Immunopathology and Laboratory for Experimental and Clinical Immunology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Agric Food Chem 52:7726-31. 2004
  8. ncbi The major grass pollen group 5 allergen from Dactylis glomerata and its C-terminal split product both behave as dimers: implications for allergen standardization
    Erica van Oort
    Sanquin, Department of Immunopathology and Laboratory for Experimental and Clinical Immunology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 136:113-22. 2005
  9. ncbi Substitution of Pichia pastoris-derived recombinant proteins with mannose containing O- and N-linked glycans decreases specificity of diagnostic tests
    Erica van Oort
    Sanquin, Department of Immunopathology and Laboratory for Experimental and Clinical Immunology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 135:187-95. 2004
  10. ncbi Lipid transfer proteins from fruit: cloning, expression and quantification
    Laurian Zuidmeer
    Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 137:273-81. 2005

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  1. ncbi Clinical importance of cross-reactivity in food allergy
    Ronald van Ree
    Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 4:235-40. 2004
    ..Review of recent developments in the field of cross-reactivity in food allergy and the clinical relevance of these developments...
  2. ncbi IgE binding to pepsin-digested food extracts
    Jaap H Akkerdaas
    Sanquin Research, Department of Immunopathology and Laboratory for Experimental and Clinical Immunology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 138:203-8. 2005
    ..This can increase the clinical prognostic value of food allergy serology...
  3. ncbi Cloning of oleosin, a putative new hazelnut allergen, using a hazelnut cDNA library
    Jaap H Akkerdaas
    Academical Medical Center, Department of Experimental Immunology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Mol Nutr Food Res 50:18-23. 2006
    ..Hazelnut contains multiple isoforms of oleosin. IgE binding of a hazelnut-allergic patient to a recombinant version suggest that hazelnut oleosin is an allergen, as has been described for peanut and sesame...
  4. ncbi Characterization of natural Dac g 1 variants: an alternative to recombinant group 1 allergens
    Erica van Oort
    Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 114:1124-30. 2004
    ..Thus, purified Dac g 1 is an alternative to recombinant group 1 allergens...
  5. ncbi Allergen-specific IgE testing in the diagnosis of food allergy and the event of a positive match in the bioinformatics search
    Ronald van Ree
    Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Mol Nutr Food Res 50:645-54. 2006
    ..Further studies are also required to prove the usefulness of targeted serum screening, i. e., the testing of gene products from organisms not known to be allergenic with sera from subjects allergic to related species...
  6. ncbi Diminished response to grass pollen allergen challenge in subjects with concurrent house dust mite allergy
    Susanne M Reinartz
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Rhinology 47:192-8. 2009
    ..Different combinations of allergic sensitization may lead to different clinical manifestations of allergic disease...
  7. ncbi A novel approach for the detection of potentially hazardous pepsin stable hazelnut proteins as contaminants in chocolate-based food
    Jaap H Akkerdaas
    Sanquin Research, Department of Immunopathology and Laboratory for Experimental and Clinical Immunology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Agric Food Chem 52:7726-31. 2004
    ..It can be concluded that the application of antibodies directed to pepsin-digested food extracts in ELISA can facilitate specific detection of stable proteins that have the highest potential of inducing severe food anaphylaxis...
  8. ncbi The major grass pollen group 5 allergen from Dactylis glomerata and its C-terminal split product both behave as dimers: implications for allergen standardization
    Erica van Oort
    Sanquin, Department of Immunopathology and Laboratory for Experimental and Clinical Immunology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 136:113-22. 2005
    ..The aim of this study was to investigate these group 5 molecular entities and to compare their allergenicity and behavior in quantitative immunoassays...
  9. ncbi Substitution of Pichia pastoris-derived recombinant proteins with mannose containing O- and N-linked glycans decreases specificity of diagnostic tests
    Erica van Oort
    Sanquin, Department of Immunopathology and Laboratory for Experimental and Clinical Immunology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 135:187-95. 2004
    ..CONCLUSION: Production of recombinant molecules in yeast (or moulds) can introduce IgG-binding glycans that negatively affect the specificity of diagnostic tests...
  10. ncbi Lipid transfer proteins from fruit: cloning, expression and quantification
    Laurian Zuidmeer
    Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 137:273-81. 2005
    ..Assays for the measurement of LTP will increase the traceability of this potentially dangerous allergen...
  11. ncbi Indoor allergens: relevance of major allergen measurements and standardization
    Ronald van Ree
    Department of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 119:270-7; quiz 278-9. 2007
    ..This will also ensure that primary and secondary prevention strategies aiming at regulating allergen exposure will stay on solid ground...
  12. ncbi Quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry: a method to study the actual expression of allergen isoforms identified by PCR cloning
    Johannes P F G Helsper
    Plant Research International, Wageningen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 110:131-8. 2002
    ..CONCLUSION: Q-TOF MSMS is a powerful tool to find out whether an allergen isoform, detected at the cDNA level, is really expressed in quantities relevant for the allergic patient...
  13. ncbi How accurate and safe is the diagnosis of hazelnut allergy by means of commercial skin prick test reagents?
    Jaap H Akkerdaas
    Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research at CLB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 132:132-40. 2003
    ..These shortcomings in standardisation and quality control can potentially cause a false-negative diagnosis in subjects at risk of severe reactions to hazelnuts...
  14. ncbi IgE to Bet v 1 and profilin: cross-reactivity patterns and clinical relevance
    Marjolein Wensing
    Department of Dermatology/Allergology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 110:435-42. 2002
    ..In analogy to anticarbohydrate IgE, cross-reactive IgE against food profilins have no or very limited clinical relevance...
  15. ncbi Effect of in vitro gastric and duodenal digestion on the allergenicity of grape lipid transfer protein
    Emilia Vassilopoulou
    Allergy Research Laboratories, 2nd Paediatric Clinic, University of Athens Greece, 41 Fidippidou str, Athens 11527, Greece
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 118:473-80. 2006
    ..Severe grape allergy has been linked to lipid transfer protein (LTP) sensitization. LTPs are known to be resistant to pepsin digestion, although the effect of gastroduodenal digestion on its allergenicity has not been reported...
  16. ncbi Lipid transfer protein allergy: primary food allergy or pollen/food syndrome in some cases
    Laurian Zuidmeer
    Laboratory of Allergy, Department of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 7:269-73. 2007
    ..To summarize recent findings on non-specific lipid transfer proteins in food allergy, with a specific focus on the localization, stability and route of sensitization...
  17. ncbi Lipid transfer protein from Hevea brasiliensis (Hev b 12), a cross-reactive latex protein
    Donald H Beezhold
    Guthrie Research Institute, Sayre, Pennsylvania 18840, USA
    Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 90:439-45. 2003
    ..We sought to determine whether Hevea brasiliensis produces LTP and whether it would bind immunoglobulin E from latex-allergic patients...
  18. ncbi Apple allergy across Europe: how allergen sensitization profiles determine the clinical expression of allergies to plant foods
    Montserrat Fernandez-Rivas
    Allergy Unit, Fundacion Hospital Alcorcon, Madrid
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 118:481-8. 2006
    ..Allergy to a plant food can either result from direct sensitization to that food or from primary sensitization to pollen, latex, or another food...
  19. ncbi Clinical reactivity to hazelnut in children: association with sensitization to birch pollen or nuts?
    Annebeth E Flinterman
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 118:1186-9. 2006
  20. ncbi Hazelnut allergy: from pollen-associated mild allergy to severe anaphylactic reactions
    Annebeth E Flinterman
    Department of Dermatology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 8:261-5. 2008
    ..There is a need to predict which subjects are at risk for severe reactions. In this study, possibilities for 'component-resolved diagnosis', based on sensitization to different allergens in hazelnut, are discussed...
  21. ncbi Lipid transfer protein-linked hazelnut allergy in children from a non-Mediterranean birch-endemic area
    Annebeth E Flinterman
    Department of Dermatology Allergology, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 121:423-428.e2. 2008
    ..In areas without birches, severe reactions are more prevalent and linked to sensitization to the lipid transfer protein (LTP) Cor a 8...
  22. ncbi IgE-mediated food allergy diagnosis: Current status and new perspectives
    Riccardo Asero
    Ambulatorio di Allergologia, Clinica San Carlo, Paderno Dugnano, Italy
    Mol Nutr Food Res 51:135-47. 2007
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  23. ncbi Allergenicity assessment of genetically modified crops--what makes sense?
    Richard E Goodman
    Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 68583 0955, USA
    Nat Biotechnol 26:73-81. 2008
    ..However, not all tests currently being applied to assessing allergenicity have a sound scientific basis. Recent events with transgenic crops reveal the fallacy of applying such tests to GM crops...
  24. ncbi Severe immediate allergic reactions to grapes: part of a lipid transfer protein-associated clinical syndrome
    Emilia Vassilopoulou
    Allergy Research Centre, Second Pediatric Clinic, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 143:92-102. 2007
    ..A considerable number of patients have referred to our department for severe reactions to grapes, and several IgE binding proteins were detected...
  25. ncbi Measurement of lipid transfer protein in 88 apple cultivars
    Ana I Sancho
    Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 146:19-26. 2008
    ..Fruits are a major cause of food allergy in adults. Lipid transfer proteins (LTP) are implicated in severe allergic reactions to fruits, but little is known about LTP content in different cultivars...
  26. ncbi Optimized techniques for the extraction of grape allergens appropriate for in vivo and in vitro testing and diagnosis
    Emilia V Vassilopoulou
    Allergy Research Centre of 2nd Paediatric Clinic, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
    Mol Nutr Food Res 51:360-6. 2007
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  27. ncbi Effect of postharvest storage on the expression of the apple allergen Mal d 1
    Ana I Sancho
    Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, UK
    J Agric Food Chem 54:5917-23. 2006
    ..In conclusion, Mal d 1 gene expression was significantly increased during modified atmosphere storage. Individuals suffering from birch pollen-apple allergy syndrome might experience fewer problems consuming freshly picked apples...
  28. ncbi Cooking birch pollen-related food: divergent consequences for IgE- and T cell-mediated reactivity in vitro and in vivo
    Barbara Bohle
    Department of Pathophysiology, Center for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18 20, A 1090 Vienna, Austria
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 118:242-9. 2006
    ..To avoid this food, allergy allergologists and guidebooks advise patients to consume birch pollen-related foods after heating...
  29. ncbi Immunoblot and radioallergosorbent test inhibition studies of allergenic cross-reactivity of the predatory mite Amblyseius cucumeris with the house dust mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus
    Nicolette W de Jong
    Department of Allergology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 93:281-7. 2004
    ..In 1999, an extensive study among bell pepper growers showed that a predatory mite, Amblyseius cucumeris, is a potentially relevant source of occupational allergens because 23% of the population had positive skin prick test reactions...
  30. ncbi Ara h 8, a Bet v 1-homologous allergen from peanut, is a major allergen in patients with combined birch pollen and peanut allergy
    Diana Mittag
    Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Zurich
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 114:1410-7. 2004
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Peanut allergy might be mediated in a subgroup of our patients by means of cross-reaction of Bet v 1 with the homologous peanut allergen Ara h 8...
  31. ncbi Two novel types of O-glycans on the mugwort pollen allergen Art v 1 and their role in antibody binding
    Renaud Leonard
    Division of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Universitaet fuer Bodenkultur Wien, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
    J Biol Chem 280:7932-40. 2005
    ..Mono-beta-arabinosylated hydroxyproline residues thus constitute a new, potentially cross-reactive, carbohydrate determinant in plant proteins...
  32. ncbi Molecular and immunological characterization of profilin from mugwort pollen
    Nicole Wopfner
    Institute of Genetics, University of Salzburg, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria
    Biol Chem 383:1779-89. 2002
    ..Inhibition experiments showed extensive IgE cross-reactivity of recombinant mugwort profilin and profilin from various pollen and food extracts...
  33. ncbi Art v 1, the major allergen of mugwort pollen, is a modular glycoprotein with a defensin-like and a hydroxyproline-rich domain
    Martin Himly
    Institute of Genetics and General Biology, University of Salzburg, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria
    FASEB J 17:106-8. 2003
    ..However, posttranslational modifications did not influence T-cell recognition. Thus, recombinant nonglycosylated Art v 1 is a good starting template for engineering hypoallergenic vaccines for weed-pollen therapy...
  34. ncbi Silencing the major apple allergen Mal d 1 by using the RNA interference approach
    Luud J W J Gilissen
    Allergy Consortium Wageningen, Wageningen, The Nertherlands
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 115:364-9. 2005
    ..Apple allergy is dominated by IgE antibodies against Mal d 1 in areas where birch pollen is endemic. Apples with significantly decreased levels of Mal d 1 would allow most patients in these areas to eat apples without allergic reactions...
  35. ncbi Assessing genetically modified crops to minimize the risk of increased food allergy: a review
    Richard E Goodman
    Food Allergy Research and Resource Program, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583 0955, USA
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 137:153-66. 2005
    ..Based on the evidence to date, the current assessment process has worked well to prevent the unintended introduction of allergens in commercial GM crops...
  36. ncbi In vivo assessment with prick-to-prick testing and double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge of allergenicity of apple cultivars
    Suzanne T H P Bolhaar
    Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 116:1080-6. 2005
    ..Apple cultivars have been reported to differ in allergenicity on the basis of in vitro and skin prick tests with apple extracts...
  37. ncbi An antibody produced in tobacco expressing a hybrid beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase is essentially devoid of plant carbohydrate epitopes
    Hans Bakker
    Business Unit Bioscience, Plant Research International, Wageningen University and Research Center, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:7577-82. 2006
    ..Hence, a transgenic plant expressing the hybrid GalT might yield more effective and safer monoclonals for therapeutic purposes than WT plants and even transgenic plants expressing the unchanged GalT...
  38. ncbi Recombinant lipid transfer protein Cor a 8 from hazelnut: a new tool for in vitro diagnosis of potentially severe hazelnut allergy
    Frauke Schocker
    Forschungszentrum Borstel, Division of Biochemical and Molecular Allergology, Borstel, Germany
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 113:141-7. 2004
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Cor a 8 is a relevant allergen for a majority of Spanish patients with hazelnut allergy that can cause severe allergic reactions...
  39. ncbi Allergy, parasites, and the hygiene hypothesis
    Maria Yazdanbakhsh
    Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
    Science 296:490-4. 2002
    ..The induction of a robust anti-inflammatory regulatory network by persistent immune challenge offers a unifying explanation for the observed inverse association of many infections with allergic disorders...