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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2014

Allergic inflammation--innately homeostatic.

Laurence E Cheng, Richard M Locksley

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Brain-immune interactions generate pathogen-specific sickness states.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  3. Regulatory T cells in allergic inflammation.Seminars in immunology · 2023
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  10. Clinical Applications of System Regulation Medicine.Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences · 2019
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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.

Laurence E ChengDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143.
Richard M LocksleyDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143.
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Role of miRNAs in Th2-Driven inflammation in AsthmaP01HL107202 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FAHY, JOHN V · 2012 to 2023
$23.3M
Initiation of allergic immunity by parasitesR01AI030663 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LOCKSLEY, RICHARD M · 1991 to 2016
$5.7M
Parasite Immunity Orchestrated by Th2 CellsR37AI026918 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LOCKSLEY, RICHARD M · 2006 to 2015
$3.8M
Surveillance of Serum Contents by Mast Cells and Regulation of Allergic ImmunityK08AI095319 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CHENG, LAURENCE E · 2011 to 2014
$510k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL107202NIAID NIH HHS K08 AI095319NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI030663NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI026918
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allergic inflammation is associated closely with parasite infection but also asthma and other common allergic diseases. Despite the engagement of similar immunologic pathways, parasitized individuals often show no outward manifestations of allergic disease. In this perspective, we present the thesis that allergic inflammatory responses play a primary role in regulating circadian and environmental inputs involved with tissue homeostasis and metabolic needs. Parasites feed into these pathways and thus engage allergic inflammation to sustain aspects of the parasitic life cycle. In response to parasite infection, an adaptive and regulated immune response is layered on the host effector response, but in the setting of allergy, the effector response remains unregulated, thus leading to the cardinal features of disease. Further understanding of the homeostatic pressures driving allergic inflammation holds promise to further our understanding of human health and the treatment of these common afflictions.

Indexed as

Immunity, HumoralCircadian RhythmHomeostasisHumansHypersensitivityInflammationMetabolic Networks and PathwaysParasitic Diseases

Identifiers

PMID25414367
PMCPMC4355269
OpenAlexW2002262694

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