Table 4.
Epitope data related to food allergy. Genus species have been modified to match IUIS usage. Synonyms for querying the IEDB: tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and brown shrimp is (Farfantepenaeus aztecus).
| Category | All T cell | CD4/class II | CD8/class I | All B cell | Linear B cell | Non-linear B cell | Total epitopes |
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| Common food allergen sources | |||||||
| Cow's milk (Bos domesticus) | 90 | 90 | 0 | 661 | 659 | 2 | 751 |
| Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) | 26 | 26 | 0 | 337 | 337 | 0 | 363 |
| Egg (Gallus domesticus) | 75 | 59 | 1 | 150 | 149 | 1 | 225 |
| Common wheat (Triticum aestivum) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 127 | 1 | 128 |
| Soybean (Glycine max) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 71 | 0 | 72 |
| Hazelnut (Corylus avellana) | 27 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 54 |
| Brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 53 |
| Cashew (Anacardium occidentale) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| Common walnut (Juglans regia) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| Sesame seed (Sesamum indicum) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Baltic cod (Gadus callarias) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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| Other plant species | |||||||
| Peach (Prunus persica) | 43 | 43 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 58 |
| Banana (Musa acuminata) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 52 |
| Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 39 |
| Apple (Malus x domestica) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 28 |
| Celery (Apium graveolens) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Muskmelon (Cucumis melon) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Oriental mustard (Brassica juncea) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Rice (Oryza sativa japonica) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| American plum (Prunus armeniaca) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| European plum (Prunus domestica) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Chinese date (Ziziphus mauritiana) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sweet cherry (Prunus avium) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Common oat (Avena sativa) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Yellow mustard (Sinapis alba) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Chinese cucumber (Trichosanthes kirilowii) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Goat grass (Aegilops markgrafii) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Naked oats (Avena nuda) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mango (Mangifera indica) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| Other animal species | |||||||
| Beef (Bos domesticus) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| Human breast milk (H. sapiens) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Cow gelatin (Bos domesticus) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Horned turban snail (Turbo cornutus) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fish nematode (Anisakis simplex) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |