| Pork–cat syndrome | |
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| Specialty | Immunology |
Pork–cat syndrome is an allergy to pork, usually after adolescence, that is related to cat allergy. Although first described in 1994, it was first documented in the U.S. by Scott Commins and Thomas Platts-Mills during their research on alpha-gal allergy.
It is called "pork–cat syndrome" because it is a cross-reactivity where an allergy to cat serum albumin (protein made by a cat's liver) cross-reacts with pork albumin and "can lead to severe or even fatal allergic reactions on occasions when pork is consumed."
See also
- Allergy to cats
- Alpha-gal syndrome (mammal meat allergy)
- List of allergies
References
- Abreu, Carmo; Gomes, Raquel; Bartolome Borja, Bial-Arístegui; Falcão, Helena; Cunha, Leonor (30 March 2015). "Pork-cat syndrome?". Clin Transl Allergy. 5 (Suppl 3): P164. doi:10.1186/2045-7022-5-S3-P164. PMC 4412402.
- Warner, Jennifer (6 November 2011). "Pork-Cat Syndrome an Under-Recognized Allergy". WebMD.
- ^ Posthumus, Jonathon; James, Hayley R; Lane, Charles J; Matos, Luis A; Platts-Mills, Thomas A E; Commins, Scott P (24 March 2017). "Initial Description of Pork-Cat Syndrome in the United States". J Allergy Clin Immunol. 131 (3): 923–5. doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2012.12.665. PMC 3594363. PMID 23352634.
- ^ Zaraska, Marta (2 December 2013). "Allergic reactions to pork may be prompted by a protein made in the liver of cats". Washington Post.