Evidence map›Paper›PMID 12495970›Full record

ReviewArchives of disease in childhood2003

Is there a role for treatment of asthma with omalizumab?

H Milgrom

Open access · bronzeAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Archives of disease in childhood, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Ethical considerations in research involving children.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2005
    Review
  3. Omalizumab: a monoclonal anti-IgE antibody.MedGenMed : Medscape general medicine · 2005
    Review
  4. Immunotherapy in the age of anti-IgE.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2004
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

H MilgromNational Jewish Medical and Research Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 1400 Jackson Street, Denver, Colorado 80206, USA. milgromh@njc.org
University of Colorado Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The allergic response is distinct from other immune reactions in its reliance on IgE, its high affinity receptor, Fc epsilon RI, and the primary effector cell--the tissue mast cell. Positive skin tests or raised concentrations of specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) in the serum define IgE sensitisation or "atopy". IgE participates both in immediate hypersensitivity response and in the induction of chronic allergic inflammation. It enhances allergen capture and Th2 cell activation, and may trigger other immunoregulatory pathways. Considerable effort in therapeutic research has focused on interference with IgE function because of its position high in the allergic cascade. Therapy with anti-IgE is one such approach that shows much promise.

Indexed as

AdolescentAntibodies, Anti-IdiotypicAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAsthmaChildHumansImmunoglobulin EImmunosuppressive AgentsMast CellsOmalizumabAntibodies, Anti-IdiotypicAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedImmunoglobulin EImmunosuppressive AgentsOmalizumab

Identifiers

PMID12495970
PMCPMC1719268
OpenAlexW2101202640

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.