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ReviewCurrent allergy and asthma reports2008

Immune modulatory oligonucleotides in the prevention and treatment of allergen-induced eustachian tube dysfunction in the animal model.

Deidra A Blanks, Charles S Ebert

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Review in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Allergy in pathogenesis of Eustachian Tube Dysfunction.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Deidra A BlanksDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 7070, G0412 Neurosciences Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7070, USA. dblanks@med.unc.edu
Charles S Ebert
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article reviews the current literature investigating the applications and success of immune modulatory oligonucleotides as immunotherapy to treat and prevent allergen-induced eustachian tube dysfunction in animal models. Synthetic DNA-based immunotherapy agents composed of unmethylated cytosine-guanine dinucleotides (CpG ODNs) that bind to Toll-like receptors have been found to have tremendous potential as therapeutic agents and adjuvants. CpG ODNs can induce a shift in the cytokine profile and immune response that favors the T-helper type 1 pathway and suppresses the T-helper type 2 pathway. This makes CpG ODNs promising candidates for treating allergic diseases. Current CpG ODN studies have demonstrated prevention and treatment of acute allergen inflammation of the eustachian tube in an animal model of otitis media. Immune modulatory oligonucleotides in immunotherapy, administered systemically or topically, have been shown to be safe and effective in the animal model.

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicAllergensAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalEustachian TubeHumansHypersensitivityImmunotherapyOligodeoxyribonucleotidesOtitis Media with EffusionTh1 CellsTh2 CellsToll-Like ReceptorsAdjuvants, ImmunologicAllergensCPG-oligonucleotideOligodeoxyribonucleotidesToll-Like Receptors

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PMID18940142
OpenAlexW1967799006

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