Mucosal immunology
Iron-Dependent allergenicity of Alt a 1: A link between fungal nutritional immunity and allergic sensitization.
Aila Fakhimahmadi, Karin Hufnagl, Ilir Hasanaj, Nathalie Szepannek, Gerlinde Hofstetter, Markus Wiederstein, Sebastian A Jensen, Markus Berger, Markus Gorfer, Clara E Pogner, Rodolfo Bianchini, Isabella Pali-Schöll, Erika Jensen-Jarolim, Franziska Roth-Walter
Published: 202510.1016/j.mucimm.2025.11.006
Abstract
The major fungal allergen Alt a 1 from Alternaria alternata is linked to allergic asthma. We assessed its biological role in nutritional immunity to iron and its allergenic potential using in silico, in vitro, and in vivo approaches. Alternaria was c…
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