Studying the immune basis of allergy and tolerance to foods
Understanding how immunotherapies work
Every immunotherapy treatment trial is an opportunity to learn. We think that by studying the immune response of those who benefit the most from therapy we will be able to improve therapies for everyone.
Early life susceptibility to food allergy
Food allergy often occurs in the first year of life. Our goal is to prevent these food allergies before they occur by understanding how the immune system develops to see foods as dangerous
T cells in food allergy
We study how T cells orchestrate food allergy. Food allergies are not all the same, we study how differences in T cells can result in different manifestations of disease.
Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome
Food protein induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) is a non-IgE-mediated food allergy that most often affects infants but can also occur in adults. Severe vomiting results from exposure to a triggering food. The immune basis of FPIES is poorly understood, we are working to study how foods trigger symptoms.
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cecilia.berin at northwestern.edu