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ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2008

Treatment strategies for allergy and asthma.

Stephen T Holgate, Riccardo Polosa

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Review in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 221 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
221citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
26.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

221 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 686 citations in OpenAlex.

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161 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Stephen T HolgateIIR Division, F Level, South Block, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK. sth@soton.ac.uk
Riccardo Polosa
Southampton General Hospital · GBUniversity of Catania · IT

Funding

Medical Research Council G0800766
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allergic diseases have reached epidemic proportions worldwide. An understanding of the cellular and soluble mediators that are involved in allergic inflammatory responses not only helps in understanding the mechanisms of current treatments, but is also important for the identification of new targets that are amenable to both small-molecule and biological interventions. There is now considerable optimism with regards to tackling the allergy epidemic in light of improvements in systemic and mucosal allergen-specific immunotherapy, the identification of key cytokines and their receptors that drive T-helper-2-cell polarization, a clearer understanding of the pathways of leukocyte recruitment and the signalling pathways that are involved in cell activation and mediator secretion, and new approaches to vaccine development.

Indexed as

AnimalsAsthmaDesensitization, ImmunologicDrug Delivery SystemsHumansHypersensitivityVaccines, SyntheticVaccines, Synthetic

Identifiers

PMID18274559
OpenAlexW2052122855

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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.