Review Published: 23 December 2009 New insights into innate immune mechanisms underlying allergenicity M Wills-Karp, A Nathan, K Page & C L Karp Mucosal Immunology 3, 104–110 (2010) Cite this ...

The ability to induce IgE production is termed 'allergenicity'. This article will give an overview on different features of allergens that may determine their allergenicity.

Allergenicity In this article, we define allergenicity as the property of being able to induce a Th2 response and subsequent production of allergen-specific IgE antibodies.