Causes of Lysinuric protein intolerance

Lysinuric protein intolerance Causes: Book Excerpts

• Milk Protein Intolerance - pathophysiology - Milk Protein Intolerance

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Milk Protein Intolerance: Milk Protein Intolerance - pathophysiology
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)

• Unprocessed cow’s milk protein is 80% casein and 20% whey. The whey fraction contains >20 types of antigenic proteins, including β-lactoglobulin (the most allergenic of all), α-lactalbumin, bovine serum albumin, βExclusively breastfed infants may also develop milk protein intolerance through exposure to allergens that appear in breast milk.
• Although β-lactoglobulin is suspected to be an antigen, no single protein fraction has been proven. Most children appear to be allergic to multiple cow’s milk proteins; rarely are patients allergic to only one fraction.
• There is 25–30% cross-reactivity between milk proteins and soy proteins.

Milk Protein Intolerance - etiology

Predisposing factors include:

• Age (diagnosis usually <2 years)
• Immune deficiency (immaturity of the mucosal immune system, immaturity or damage of mucosal barrier function, low IgA)
• History or presence of atopy
• Early milk protein–based formula feeding
• Allergenic formula
• GI infection

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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008

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