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ReviewExpert opinion on biological therapy2013

New era of biologic therapeutics in atopic dermatitis.

Emma Guttman-Yassky, Nikhil Dhingra, Donald Y M Leung

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Review in Expert opinion on biological therapy, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
42citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 103 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Leukotriene receptor antagonists for eczema.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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  7. From Pathways to Patients in Atopic Dermatitis: Advanced Systemic Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  16. International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  20. Biologics for Allergic Dermatologic Diseases.Current allergy and asthma reports · 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Emma Guttman-YasskyThe Rockefeller University, Laboratory for Investigative Dermatology, New York, NY, USA.
Nikhil Dhingra
Donald Y M Leung
Columbia University · USIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USUniversity of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

SEAL (Stopping Atopic dermatitis and ALlergy) Study: Prevent allergy by enhancing the skin barrierU01AI147462 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Mary Johnson, GIDEON LACK · 2020 to 2026
$14.0M
THE ROLE OF BACTERIAL TOXINS IN HUMAN SKIN DISEASER01AR041256 · NIAMS · NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH · PI GOLEVA, ELENA, LEUNG, DONALD YM · 1992 to 2020
$5.9M
NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI147462NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR041256NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR41256
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAtopic dermatitis (AD) is a common inflammatory skin disease regulated by genetic and environmental factors. Both skin barrier defects and aberrant immune responses are believed to drive cutaneous inflammation in AD. Existing therapies rely largely on allergen avoidance, emollients and topical and systemic immune-suppressants, some with significant toxicity and transient efficacy; no specific targeted therapies are in clinical use today. As our specific understanding of the immune and molecular pathways that cause different subsets of AD increases, a variety of experimental agents, particularly biologic agents that target pathogenic molecules bring the promise of safe and effective therapeutics for long-term use. AREAS COVERED: This paper discusses the molecular pathways characterizing AD, the contributions of barrier and immune abnormalities to its pathogenesis, and development of new treatments that target key molecules in these pathways. In this review, we will discuss a variety of biologic therapies that are in development or in clinical trials for AD, perhaps revolutionizing treatment of this disease. EXPERT OPINION: Biologic agents in moderate to severe AD offer promise for controlling a disease that currently lacks good and safe therapeutics posing a large unmet need. Unfortunately, existing treatments for AD aim to decrease cutaneous inflammation, but are not specific for the pathways driving this disease. An increasing understanding of the immune mechanisms underlying AD brings the promise of narrow targeted therapies as has occurred for psoriasis, another inflammatory skin disease, for which specific biologic agents have been demonstrated to both control the disease and prevent occurrence of new skin lesions. Although no biologic is yet approved for AD, these are exciting times for active therapeutic development in AD that might lead to revolutionary therapeutics for this disease.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiological ProductsBiological TherapyDermatitis, AtopicHumansImmunotherapyPsoriasisSkinBiological Products

Identifiers

PMID23323893
PMCPMC3819721
OpenAlexW2048138796

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Registered trials

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