Table 4 The prevalence of co-sensitization between Tenebrio molitor and other invertebrate allergens, categorized into protein families.

From: IgE-based analysis of sensitization and cross-reactivity to yellow mealworm and edible insect allergens before their widespread dietary introduction

Phylum	Class	Order	Family	Species	Allergen name	Protein Family	% of positive test	Correlation coefficient*
								p-value (two-tailed test)
Nematoda	Secernantea	Ascaridida	Anisakidae	Anisakis simplex	rAni s 1	Serine protease inhibitors	3.00%	0.17
								0.693
					rAni s 3	Tropomyosin	38.60%	0.88
								< 0.001
Arthropoda	Malacostraca	Decapoda	Crangonidae	Crangon	rCra c 6	Troponin C	8.20%	− 0.06
								0.805
			Penaeidae	Penaeus monodon	nPen m 1	Tropomyosin	36.00%	0.91
								< 0.001
					rPen m 2	Arginine kinase	14.20%	0.36
								0.026
					rPen m 3	Myosin light chain 2	4.90%	0.2
								0.523
					rPen m 4	Sarcoplasmic calcium binding protein	5.60%	0.06
								0.84
	Insecta	Blattodea	Blattidae	Blatella germanica	rBla g 1	Nitrile specifier, microvilli-like protein with unknown function	0.40%
					rBla g 2	Inactive aspartic protease	2.20%	− 0.03
								0.957
					rBla g 4	Lipocalin	8.60%	0.05
								0.816
					rBla g 5	Glutathione S-transferase	0.40%
					rBla g 9	Arginine kinase	21.70%	0.33
								0.013
				Periplaneta americana	rPer a 7	Tropomyosin	39.00%	0.92
								< 0.001
		Coleoptera	Tenebrionidae	Tenebrio molitor	Ten m			1
								.
		Hymenoptera	Apidae	Apis mellifera	nApi m 1	Phospholipase A2	5.20%	0
								0.994
					rApi m 10	Icarapin var.2	5.20%	− 0.35
								0.221
			Vespidae	Vespula vulgaris	rVes v 1	Phospholipase A1	4.90%	0.16
								0.609
					rVes v 5	Antigen 5	19.10%	− 0.08
								0.597
				Polistes dominulus	rPol d 5	Antigen 5	7.10%	0.66
								0.002
	Arachnida	Ixodida	Argasidae	Argas reflexus	rArg r 1	Lipocalin	7.10%	0.17
								0.499
		Sarcoptiformes	Echimyopodidae	Blomia tropicalis	rBlo t 5	Group 5/21 allergen	38.60%	0.72
								< 0.001
					rBlo t 10	Tropomyosin	13.10%	0.5
								0.002
					rBlo t 21	Group 5/21 allergen	10.50%	0.35
								0.07
			Pyroglyphidae	Dermatophagoides farinae	rDer f 1	Cysteine protease	29.60%	0.24
								0.032
					rDer f 2	NPC2 family	40.10%	0.15
								0.117
			Pyroglyphidae	Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus	rDer p 1	Cysteine protease	33.30%	0.02
								0.869
					rDer p 2	NPC2 family	39.70%	0.17
								0.088
					rDer p 5	Group 5/21 allergen	21.00%	0.00
								0.993
					rDer p 7	Bacterial permeability increasing like protein	15.00%	− 0.17
								0.307
					rDer p 10	Tropomyosin	39.30%	0.84
								< 0.001
					rDer p 11	Paramyosin	4.90%	0.48
								0.096
					rDer p 20	Arginine kinase	19.10%	0.34
								0.015
					rDer p 21	Group 5/21 allergen	15.70%	0.18
								0.263
					rDer p 23	Peritrophin-like protein domain	37.10%	0.08
								0.416
			Glycyphagidae	Glycyphagus domesticus	rGly d 2	NPC2 family	28.10%	0.04
								0.756
				Lepidoglyphus destructor	rLep d 2	NPC2 family	32.60%	0.09
								0.421
			Acaridae	Tyrophagus putrescentiae	rTyr p 2	NPC2 family	9.70%	0.5
								0.009

* Spearman rank correlation coefficient.

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Table 4 The prevalence of co-sensitization between Tenebrio molitor and other invertebrate allergens, categorized into protein families.

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