Why are some things more allergenic than others?

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Why do some things (like peanuts) have so many people allergic to them while other things (like mint) aren’t causing issues to nearly as many?

Basically why are some things more allergenic than others

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Long time biotech dude here. No sources lol.

I suspect amino acid sequences that are highly diverged from what our bodies are made of. Probably the thymus has a lot to do with it too

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