Author contribution
Maria Kostara and Sophia Tsabouri recruited food allergic patients and healthy controls.Vasiliki Chondrou carried out the experiments and data collection. Vassilis Fotopouloswith support from Vasiliki Chondrou , performed the statistical analysis. Maria Kostara and Vasiliki Chondrou wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Argyro Sgourou andSophia Tsabouri conceived the study, assisted in data interpretation and finalized the manuscript. All authors reviewed, edited and approved the final manuscript.