Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn

Summary

Affiliation: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome caused by solid food proteins
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029 6574, USA
    Pediatrics 111:829-35. 2003
  2. ncbi Tolerance to extensively heated milk in children with cow's milk allergy
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Department of Pediatrics and Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 122:342-7, 347.e1-2. 2008
  3. ncbi Mediator release assay for assessment of biological potency of German cockroach allergen extracts
    Anna H Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 123:949-955.e1. 2009
  4. ncbi Rare, medium, or well done? The effect of heating and food matrix on food protein allergenicity
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Jaffe Food Allergy Institute and Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
    Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 9:234-7. 2009
  5. ncbi New perspectives for use of native and engineered recombinant food proteins in treatment of food allergy
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1198, One G Levy Place, NY 10029, USA
    Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 27:105-27. 2007
  6. ncbi Food allergy to proteins
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Nestle Nutr Workshop Ser Pediatr Program 59:17-31; discussion 31-6. 2007
  7. ncbi Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, 1 Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1198, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 9:371-7. 2009
  8. ncbi Is oral immunotherapy the cure for food allergies?
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Jaffe Food Allergy Institute and Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 10:214-9. 2010
  9. ncbi Immunotherapy for food allergy
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology and Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Inflamm Allergy Drug Targets 5:23-34. 2006
  10. ncbi Future approaches to food allergy
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029 6574, USA
    Pediatrics 111:1672-80. 2003

Research Grants

  1. Immunological Basis of Egg Allergy
    Anna Nowak Wegrzyn; Fiscal Year: 2007

Detail Information

Publications49

  1. ncbi Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome caused by solid food proteins
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029 6574, USA
    Pediatrics 111:829-35. 2003
    ..Infantile food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) is a severe, cell-mediated gastrointestinal food hypersensitivity typically provoked by cow's milk or soy. Solid foods are rarely considered a cause...
  2. ncbi Tolerance to extensively heated milk in children with cow's milk allergy
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Department of Pediatrics and Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 122:342-7, 347.e1-2. 2008
    ....
  3. ncbi Mediator release assay for assessment of biological potency of German cockroach allergen extracts
    Anna H Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 123:949-955.e1. 2009
    ..Cockroach is an important allergen in inner-city asthma. The diagnosis and treatment of cockroach allergy has been impeded by the lack of standardized cockroach extracts...
  4. ncbi Rare, medium, or well done? The effect of heating and food matrix on food protein allergenicity
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Jaffe Food Allergy Institute and Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
    Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 9:234-7. 2009
    ..To review recent advances in the area of food allergen processing and the effect on protein allergenicity...
  5. ncbi New perspectives for use of native and engineered recombinant food proteins in treatment of food allergy
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1198, One G Levy Place, NY 10029, USA
    Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 27:105-27. 2007
    ..This article reviews the recent developments in the potential treatments for IgE-mediated food allergy using native and engineered recombinant food proteins...
  6. ncbi Food allergy to proteins
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Nestle Nutr Workshop Ser Pediatr Program 59:17-31; discussion 31-6. 2007
    ..Taken together, these data suggest that the epitope recognition pattern and intensity of IgE binding are important determinants of severity and duration of food allergy...
  7. ncbi Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, 1 Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1198, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 9:371-7. 2009
    ..To review current knowledge and recent advances in food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES)...
  8. ncbi Is oral immunotherapy the cure for food allergies?
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Jaffe Food Allergy Institute and Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 10:214-9. 2010
    ..To review current evidence on food oral immunotherapy (OIT)...
  9. ncbi Immunotherapy for food allergy
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology and Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Inflamm Allergy Drug Targets 5:23-34. 2006
    ....
  10. ncbi Future approaches to food allergy
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029 6574, USA
    Pediatrics 111:1672-80. 2003
    ....
  11. ncbi Dietary baked egg accelerates resolution of egg allergy in children
    Stephanie A Leonard
    Division of Pediatric Allergy, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 130:473-80.e1. 2012
    ..Baked egg is tolerated by a majority of egg-allergic children...
  12. ncbi Epinephrine treatment is infrequent and biphasic reactions are rare in food-induced reactions during oral food challenges in children
    Kirsi M Järvinen
    Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology and the Jaffe Institute for Food Allergy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029 6574, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 124:1267-72. 2009
    ..Data about epinephrine use and biphasic reactions in childhood food-induced anaphylaxis during oral food challenges are scarce...
  13. ncbi Oral immunotherapy induces local protective mechanisms in the gastrointestinal mucosa
    Stephanie A Leonard
    Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 129:1579-1587.e1. 2012
    ..Studies are needed to elucidate mechanisms of clinical protection and to identify safer and potentially more efficacious methods for desensitizing patients to food allergens...
  14. ncbi Significance of ovomucoid- and ovalbumin-specific IgE/IgG(4) ratios in egg allergy
    Jean Christoph Caubet
    Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10028, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 129:739-47. 2012
    ....
  15. ncbi Food allergy therapy
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One G. Levy Place, Box 1198, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 24:705-25, viii. 2004
    ..Animal models of food allergy are invaluable in testing new therapies for food allergy...
  16. ncbi Correlation of IgE/IgG4 milk epitopes and affinity of milk-specific IgE antibodies with different phenotypes of clinical milk allergy
    Julie Wang
    Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029 6574, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 125:695-702, 702.e1-702.e6. 2010
    ..Results from large-scale epitope mapping with a peptide microarray have been shown to correlate with clinical features of milk allergy...
  17. ncbi Allergen-specific basophil suppression associated with clinical tolerance in patients with milk allergy
    Niya Wanich
    Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 123:789-94.e20. 2009
    ..Children with milk allergy who tolerate heat-denatured milk (HM) have less severe reactions and outgrow the condition earlier than those who react to HM, which might be related to differences in IgE-dependent effector cell function...
  18. ncbi Molecular diagnosis of egg allergy
    Jean Christoph Caubet
    Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York 10029, USA
    Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 11:210-5. 2011
    ..In this article, we will review the recent literature regarding the potential value of these tests for the clinical management of egg-allergic patients...
  19. ncbi In vitro assessment of the allergenicity of novel MF59-adjuvanted pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine produced in dog kidney cells
    Ramon Bencharitiwong
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    Hum Vaccin Immunother 8:863-5. 2012
    ....
  20. ncbi Food allergy therapy: is a cure within reach?
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Department of Pediatrics, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1198, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Pediatr Clin North Am 58:511-30, xii. 2011
    ..Diet containing heated milk and egg may represent an alternative approach to oral immunomodulation. Oral food immunotherapy remains an investigational treatment to be further studied before advancing into clinical practice...
  21. ncbi In vitro assessment of the allergenicity of a novel influenza vaccine produced in dog kidney cells in individuals with dog allergy
    Niya Wanich
    Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
    Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 104:426-33. 2010
    ..Although no major dog allergens were identified in MDCK 33016-PF cells, minor dog allergens might be present and cause reactions in dog-allergic individuals...
  22. ncbi Mechanisms underlying differential food allergy response to heated egg
    Gustavo Martos
    Department of Pediatrics and Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 127:990-7.e1-2. 2011
    ..Egg white proteins are usually subjected to heating, making them edible for the majority of children with egg allergy...
  23. ncbi Skin prick test to egg white provides additional diagnostic utility to serum egg white-specific IgE antibody concentration in children
    Adina Kay Knight
    Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 117:842-7. 2006
    ..CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: The size of the egg white SPT wheal response might provide the clinician with additional information to determine the timing of egg OFC in children with low egg white-specific IgE antibody levels...
  24. ncbi Allergic eosinophilic gastroenteritis with protein-losing enteropathy: intestinal pathology, clinical course, and long-term follow-up
    Mirna Chehade
    Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 42:516-21. 2006
    ..Our goals were to describe the response to therapy and the long-term outcome of patients in this subgroup and to evaluate their gastric and intestinal biopsies for distinguishing features that might explain their protein and blood loss...
  25. ncbi Immunologic changes in children with egg allergy ingesting extensively heated egg
    Heather Lemon-Mule
    Department of Pediatrics, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 122:977-983.e1. 2008
    ..Prior studies have suggested that heated egg might be tolerated by some children with egg allergy...
  26. ncbi Extensively heated milk and egg as oral immunotherapy
    Faith Huang
    Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Medical School, New York, New York, USA
    Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 12:283-92. 2012
    ..The introduction of extensively heated milk and egg protein into the diet has been explored in recent years...
  27. ncbi Association of allergen-specific regulatory T cells with the onset of clinical tolerance to milk protein
    Wayne G Shreffler
    Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY 10029, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 123:43-52.e7. 2009
    ..About 70% of children with milk allergy tolerate extensively heated milk (HM) products and outgrow their allergy earlier than those who react to HM...
  28. ncbi Educational clinical case series for pediatric allergy and immunology: allergic proctocolitis, food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome and allergic eosinophilic gastroenteritis with protein-losing gastroenteropathy as manifestations of non-IgE-mediate
    Jennifer Maloney
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology and Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Pediatr Allergy Immunol 18:360-7. 2007
    ..Elemental diet based on the amino-acid formula leads to resolutions of gastrointestinal eosinophilic inflammation typically within 6 wk...
  29. ncbi Sarcoplasmic calcium-binding protein is an EF-hand-type protein identified as a new shrimp allergen
    Rosalia Ayuso
    Division of Allergy and Immunology and the Jaffe Food Allergy Research Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1198, New York, NY 10029, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 124:114-20. 2009
    ..Shellfish allergy is a long-lasting disorder usually persisting throughout life. Despite its high prevalence, there is limited information about allergenic shrimp proteins...
  30. ncbi Anaphylaxis in a New York City pediatric emergency department: triggers, treatments, and outcomes
    Faith Huang
    Department of Pediatrics and Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 129:162-8.e1-3. 2012
    ..Anaphylaxis incidence is increasing...
  31. ncbi Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome: an update on natural history and review of management
    Stephanie A Leonard
    Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029 6574, USA
    Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 107:95-101; quiz 101, 162. 2011
    ..To review the clinical features, pathophysiology, and management of food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) and to discuss new observations in epidemiology and natural history...
  32. ncbi Dietary baked milk accelerates the resolution of cow's milk allergy in children
    Jennifer S Kim
    Department of Pediatrics and the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 128:125-131.e2. 2011
    ..The majority (approximately 75%) of children with cow's milk allergy tolerate extensively heated (baked) milk products. Long-term effects of inclusion of dietary baked milk have not been reported...
  33. ncbi Work Group report: oral food challenge testing
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 123:S365-83. 2009
    ..A negative oral food challenge result allows introduction of the food into the diet, whereas a positive oral food challenge result provides a sound basis for continued avoidance of the food...
  34. ncbi Future therapies for food allergies
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, New York, NY 10029, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 127:558-73; quiz 574-5. 2011
    ..The variety of strategies for treating food allergy increases the likelihood of success and gives hope that accomplishing an effective therapy for food allergy is within reach...
  35. ncbi A 17-month-old boy with periorbital swelling
    Jimmy Ko
    Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology and the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
    Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 93:220-6. 2004
  36. ncbi Current understanding of the immune mechanisms of food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome
    Jean Christoph Caubet
    Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    Expert Rev Clin Immunol 7:317-27. 2011
    ..The aim of this article is to delineate the immunological characteristics of this disorder based on the existing reports and to review the possible pathophysiologic basis of this disease...
  37. ncbi Transcytosis of IgE-antigen complexes by CD23a in human intestinal epithelial cells and its role in food allergy
    Hongxing Li
    Department of Medicine Division of Clinical Immunology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
    Gastroenterology 131:47-58. 2006
    ..We examined whether IgE also could facilitate transepithelial antigen sampling...
  38. ncbi Use of multiple doses of epinephrine in food-induced anaphylaxis in children
    Kirsi M Järvinen
    Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology and Jaffe Institute for Food Allergy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029 6574, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 122:133-8. 2008
    ..Food allergy is the most common cause of anaphylaxis outside the hospital setting...
  39. ncbi Vaccines and immunomodulatory therapies for food allergy
    Jay A Lieberman
    Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 12:55-63. 2012
    ..With these emerging therapeutic strategies, it is hoped that practitioners will have options in caring for their food-allergic patients in the near future...
  40. ncbi A survey on the management of pollen-food allergy syndrome in allergy practices
    Songhui Ma
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, New York, NY 10029, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 112:784-8. 2003
    ..Discrepancies might be related to the term OAS, and therefore use of the more specific term "pollen-food allergy syndrome" is suggested...
  41. ncbi De novo food allergy after intestinal transplantation: a report of three cases
    Mirna Chehade
    Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
    J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 38:545-7. 2004
  42. ncbi Adverse reactions to foods
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Med Clin North Am 90:97-127. 2006
    ..Anti-IgE monoclonal antibody is the first potential therapy for food allergy that is under-going testing in clinical trials...
  43. ncbi Clinical diagnosis and management of food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome
    Stephanie A Leonard
    aDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, University of California, San Diego, Rady Children s Hospital, San Diego, California bJaffe Food Allergy Institute, Division of Pediatric Allergy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
    Curr Opin Pediatr 24:739-45. 2012
    ..This review will highlight updates on natural history and clinical management...
  44. ncbi Reactions of 2 young children with milk allergy after cutaneous exposure to milk-containing cosmetic products
    Julie Wang
    Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Box 1198, 1 Gustave L. Levy Pl, New York, NY 10029, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:1089-90. 2004
  45. ncbi Contamination of dry powder inhalers for asthma with milk proteins containing lactose
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 113:558-60. 2004
  46. ncbi Pathophysiology of food-induced anaphylaxis
    Heather Lemon-Mule
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35209, USA
    Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 8:201-8. 2008
    ..With a greater understanding of the pathophysiology of food-induced anaphylaxis, novel approaches not only to identify those at risk, but to treat and ultimately prevent food-induced anaphylaxis, are on the horizon...
  47. ncbi Primary care physicians' approach to food-induced anaphylaxis: a survey
    Julie Wang
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 114:689-91. 2004
  48. ncbi Bee pollen sensitivity in airborne pollen allergic individuals
    Constantinos Pitsios
    Department of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Laikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
    Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 97:703-6. 2006
    ..Physicians who practice alternative medicine often prescribe bee pollen as a food supplement and a treatment for various ailments...
  49. ncbi Immunodeficiency and infections in ataxia-telangiectasia
    Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn
    Eudowood Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-3923, USA
    J Pediatr 144:505-11. 2004
    ..Cross-sectional analysis suggests that the immune defect is rarely progressive...

Research Grants2

  1. Immunological Basis of Egg Allergy
    Anna Nowak Wegrzyn; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Intestinal permeability will also be measured at 3 and 12 months, and correlated with oral egg challenge outcome, fecal and serum anti-egg IgE and anti-egg IgG antibody levels. ..