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ReviewCurrent allergy and asthma reports2012

Therapeutic strategies for harnessing human eosinophils in allergic inflammation, hypereosinophilic disorders, and cancer.

Zhaleh J Amini-Vaughan, Margarita Martinez-Moczygemba, David P Huston

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Review in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. A Player and Coordinator: The Versatile Roles of Eosinophils in the Immune System.Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhaleh J Amini-VaughanDepartment of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Clinical Science and Translational Research Institute, Texas A&M Health Science Center, 2121 West Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Margarita Martinez-Moczygemba
David P Huston
Texas A&M Health Science Center · US

Funding

TSLP Signaling in Dendritic Cells - Aim 3U19AI071130 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI LIU, YONG-JUN · 2006 to 2010
$6.1M
MODULATION OF IL-5 MEDIATED INFLAMMATIONR01AI036936 · NIAID · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI HUSTON, DAVID P. · 1996 to 2006
$1.7M
Mechanisms of Human Basophil-Mediated Allergic InflammationR56AI097372 · NIAID · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR · PI HUSTON, DAVID P · 2012 to 2012
$366k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI036936NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI097372NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI071130
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The eosinophil is a multifunctional granulocyte best known for providing host defense against parasites. Paradoxically, eosinophils are also implicated in the pathogenesis of allergic inflammation, asthma, and hypereosinophilic syndromes. Emerging evidence also supports the potential for harnessing the cytotoxic power of eosinophils and redirecting it to kill solid tumors. Central to eosinophil physiology is interleukin-5 (IL-5) and its receptor (IL-5R) which is composed of a ligand-specific alpha chain (IL-5Rα) and the common beta chain (βc). Eosinophil activation can lead to their degranulation, resulting in rapid release of an arsenal of tissue-destructive proinflammatory mediators and cytotoxic proteins that can be both beneficial and detrimental to the host. This review discusses eosinophil immunobiology and therapeutic strategies for targeting of IL-5 and IL-5R, as well as the potential for harnessing eosinophil cytotoxicity as a tumoricide.

Indexed as

Cytotoxicity, ImmunologicAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAsthmaChurg-Strauss SyndromeClinical Trials as TopicDermatitis, AtopicEosinophilsHumansHypereosinophilic SyndromeHypersensitivityInflammationInterleukin-5Nasal PolypsNeoplasmsPhosphorothioate OligonucleotidesReceptors, Interleukin-5Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedbenralizumabInterleukin-5mepolizumabPhosphorothioate OligonucleotidesReceptors, Interleukin-5reslizumabTPI ASM8

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PMID22875242
PMCPMC3729434
OpenAlexW1998756236

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