Function
Ovalbumin (OVA) is the main protein found in egg white[1]. OVA function is unknown and it is presumed to be a storage protein.
Disease
OVA inhalation produces allergic airway inflammation[2].
- ↑ Castellano AC, Barteri M, Bianconi A, Bruni F, Della Longa S, Paolinelli C. Conformational changes involved in the switch from ovalbumin to S-ovalbumin. Z Naturforsch C. 1996 May-Jun;51(5-6):379-85. PMID:8663899
- ↑ Schramm CM, Puddington L, Wu C, Guernsey L, Gharaee-Kermani M, Phan SH, Thrall RS. Chronic inhaled ovalbumin exposure induces antigen-dependent but not antigen-specific inhalational tolerance in a murine model of allergic airway disease. Am J Pathol. 2004 Jan;164(1):295-304. PMID:14695342 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63119-7
