Table 1.

Summary of our work on immunotherapy for food allergy

Year	Author	Food	Type	Age (years)	Blinded	Immunoglobulin changes
2007	Buchanan et al[33]	Egg	OIT	1–7	No	Decrease in IgE (not statistically significant); Increase in IgG
2008	Skripak et al[35]	Milk	OIT	6–17	Yes	No change in IgE; increase in IgG4
2009	Jones et al[37]	Peanut	OIT	1–16	No	Decrease in IgE; increase in IgG4
2011	Vickery et al[34]	Egg	OIT	1–16	n.a.	Decrease in IgE; increase in IgG4
2011	Varshney et al[42]	Peanut	OIT	1–16	Yes	No change in IgE; increase IgG4
2011	Kim et al[47]	Peanut	SLIT	1–11	Yes	Decrease in IgE; increase in IgG4

Ig, immunoglobulin; OIT, oral immunotherapy; n.a., not available; SLIT, sublingual immunotherapy.