Open AccessComparison of the immune response induced in mice experimentally sensitized with genetically modified MON810 maize vs its conventional counterpart
Author(s) -
AdelPatient Karine,
Guimaraes Valeria,
Drumare MarieFrançoise,
AhLeung Sandrine,
Bernard Hervé,
Crémi Christophe,
Wal JeanMichel
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical and translational allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.979
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2045-7022
DOI - 10.1186/2045-7022-1-s1-o21
Subject(s) - genetically modified organism , sensitization , genetically engineered , immune system , medicine , immunology , genetically modified maize , genetically modified crops , microbiology and biotechnology , transgene , biology , gene , genetics
Background The introduction on the market of genetically modified (GM) foods has raised the question of the assessment of the potential allergenicity of the newly expressed protein (s) and of the whole GM food. We aimed at comparing the immune responses induced in mice after experimental sensitization with the insect resistant GM maize MON810 expressing the Cry1Ab protein vs its conventional counterpart.