Tropomyosin in mugwort cross-reacts to house dust mite, eliciting non-Th2 response in allergic rhinitis patients sensitized to house dust mite.
Su DuanLimin ZhaoYuling ZhangNan ZhangMing ZhengQiqi WangXu ZhangXiangdong WangSun YingClaus BachertLuo ZhangFeng LanPublished in: Clinical and molecular allergy : CMA (2021)
Pan-allergen tropomyosin accounts for the cross-reactivity between mugwort and HDM, which reminds HDM+ patients to reduce mugwort exposure in mugwort pollen season in virtue of the tropomyosin induced mild inflammation.