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ReviewExpert review of respiratory medicine2015

The role of prostaglandins in allergic lung inflammation and asthma.

Dru Claar, Tina V Hartert, Ray Stokes Peebles

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Review in Expert review of respiratory medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
61citing papers in PubMed
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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.

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

61 citing papers in PubMed, 113 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. mBio · 2025
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  8. Urinary eicosanoid levels in early life and risk of atopic disease in childhood.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2024
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  10. Eosinophil-Epithelial Cell Interactions in Asthma.International archives of allergy and immunology · 2024
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  13. Prostaglandin EFASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2023
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1 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Dru ClaarDepartment of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, T-1217 MCN Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-2650, USA.
Tina V Hartert
Ray Stokes Peebles
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · USSchlumberger (Ireland) · IE

Funding

Viral and Host Determinants of Infant and Childhood Allergy and AsthmaU19AI095227 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Tina V Hartert · 2011 to 2026
$34.9M
PGI2 regulation of TSLP-mediated allergic inflammation in the lungR01AI111820 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI PEEBLES, RAY STOKES · 2014 to 2018
$2.0M
The Role of PGI2 in Allergic InflammationR01HL090664 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI PEEBLES, RAY STOKES · 2009 to 2013
$1.9M
Midcareer Investigator Patient-oriented Research Award in Bronchiolitis & AsthmaK24AI077930 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI HARTERT, TINA V · 2008 to 2017
$1.6M
The role of cyclooxygenase in the adaptive immune response and toleranceI01BX000624 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI PEEBLES, RAY STOKES · 2009 to 2019
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BLRD VA I01 BX000624NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL090664NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL 090664-04NIAID NIH HHS K24 AI077930NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI 111820NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI111820NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI095227NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI095227-02
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prostaglandins (PGs) are products of the COX pathway of arachidonic acid metabolism. There are five primary PGs, PGD₂, PGE₂, PGF₂, PGI₂ and thromboxane A₂, all of which signal through distinct seven transmembrane, G-protein coupled receptors. Some PGs may counteract the actions of others, or even the same PG may have opposing physiologic or immunologic effects, depending on the specific receptor through which it signals. In this review, we examine the effects of COX activity and the various PGs on allergic airway inflammation and physiology that is associated with asthma. We also highlight the potential therapeutic benefit of targeting PGs in allergic lung inflammation and asthma based on basic science, animal model and human studies.

Indexed as

AnimalsAsthmaCyclooxygenase InhibitorsDisease Models, AnimalHumansLungPneumoniaProstaglandin-Endoperoxide SynthasesProstaglandinsReceptors, ProstaglandinRespiratory HypersensitivitySignal TransductionCyclooxygenase InhibitorsProstaglandin-Endoperoxide SynthasesProstaglandinsReceptors, ProstaglandinallergyasthmaCOXinflammationprostaglandin

Identifiers

PMID25541289
PMCPMC4380345
OpenAlexW2025826180

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