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ReviewClinical and experimental immunology2009

Minimal persistent inflammation in allergic rhinitis: implications for current treatment strategies.

G W Canonica, E Compalati

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Review in Clinical and experimental immunology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 123 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. COVID-19: When dust mites and lockdown create the perfect storm.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2020
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

G W CanonicaAllergy and Respiratory Diseases, Clinic Dipartmento di Medicina Interna e Specialita Mediche (DIMI), University of Genova, Genova, Italy. canonica@unige.it
E Compalati
University of Genoa · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with allergic rhinitis have traditionally been placed into 'seasonal' and 'perennial' categories, which do not account for the subclinical inflammatory state that exists in many patients. In subjects with seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis, even subthreshold doses of allergen have been found to cause inflammatory cell infiltration in the nasal mucosa, including increases in expression of cellular adhesion molecules, nasal and conjunctival eosinophilia, and other markers of inflammation, which do not result in overt allergy symptoms. This state - which has been termed 'minimal persistent inflammation'- may contribute to hyperreactivity and increased susceptibility to development of clinical symptoms as well as common co-morbidities of allergic rhinitis, such as asthma. Treating overt allergy symptoms as well as this underlying inflammatory state requires agents that have well-established clinical efficacy, convenient administration, potent anti-inflammatory effects and proven long-term safety, so that long-term continuous administration is feasible. Of the three major classes of commonly used allergic rhinitis medications - intranasal corticosteroids, anti-histamines, and anti-leukotrienes - intranasal corticosteroids appear to represent the most reasonable therapeutic option in patients who would benefit from continuous inhibition of persistent inflammation.

Indexed as

Administration, IntranasalAllergensAsthmaChronic DiseaseGlucocorticoidsHistamine H1 AntagonistsHumansIntercellular Adhesion Molecule-1Leukotriene AntagonistsRhinitis, Allergic, PerennialRhinitis, Allergic, SeasonalAllergensGlucocorticoidsHistamine H1 AntagonistsIntercellular Adhesion Molecule-1Leukotriene Antagonists

Identifiers

PMID19765020
PMCPMC2792821
OpenAlexW2062019093

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