OBJECTIVE: To study on the expression and clinical significance of interleukin 10 receptor 1(IL-10R1)in T lymphocytes in peripheral blood of children with food allergy. METHODS: The food allergy group included 50 cases of children admitted in Department of Pediatrics of Peking University Third Hospital from July 1,2017 to December 31,2017 and were diagnosed with food allergy. A total of 25 cases of healthy children who visited Child Health and Development Center of Peking University Third Hospital in the same period with no food allergy manifestation were selected as a healthy control group. The clinical manifestations of food allergy in different age groups were compared.Flow cytometry was used to examine the expression of IL-10R1 in CD4~+T cells and CD8~+T cells in peripheral blood and the MFI. According to the results of allergen specific Ig E test,the food allergy children were classified as allergen specific Ig E positive group and negative group. The expression of l L-10R1 in the CD4~+T lymphocytes and CD8~+T lymphocytes in peripheral blood and the MFI of the two groups were compared. A severity index of clinical symptoms and signs of food allergy was used to grade illness severity of food allergy children. Then it analyzed the correlation between the expression rates of IL-10R1 in CD4~+T cells and CD8~+T cells in peripheral blood and the scores. RESULTS: The expression rates and MFI of IL-10R1 in CD4~+T cells in peripheral blood of food allergy group were lower compared to the control group. The median expression rates and MFI were 40.23 versus 45.32,12.18 versus 17.69(Z=-2.506,-5.547,P=0.012,0.000,respectively). The expression rates and MFI of IL-10R1 in CD8~+T cells in the peripheral blood of food allergy group were also lower than the control group. The median expression rates and MFI were 34.50 versus 39.46,12.47 versus 17.28(Z=-4.035,-5.226,P=0.000,0.000,respectively). IL-10R1 expression rates and MFI on CD4~+T cells and CD8~+T cells in peripheral blood of allergen specific Ig E positive group were similar to those of the negative group. The expression rates of IL-10R1 on CD4~+T cells and CD8~+T cells in peripheral blood of children with food allergy had no correlation with the symptom and sign scores of food allergy. CONCLUSION: The decrease of the expression of IL-10R1 in CD4~+T cells and CD8~+T cells in peripheral blood may be associated with food allergy of children;the expression of IL-10R1 may be involved in the pathogenesis of food allergy mediated by Ig E and non-Ig E,but it was not associated with the severity of food allergy.