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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020 Sep;8(8):2516–2524. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.04.054

Table 1:

Summary of the utility of biomarkers in prediction of clinical reactivity and key clinical parameters

Biomarker Allergy Y/N Threshold Severity Natural Resolution Response to IT
Food-specific IgE ++ + +/− + +
Component-specific IgE ++ + +
Food-specific IgG +
Food-specific IgA +
Epitope-specific IgE ++ ND ND ND ++
Basophil Activation Test +++ ++ ++ + ++
Food-specific T cell + + ND + +
Transcriptomics + ND + ND ND
Epigenomics + ND + ND ND
Microbiome + ND ND + ND
Metabolomics −/+ ND ND ND ND

ND = not done. − not predictive, + some evidence, +++ strong evidence, −/+ data for and against