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ReviewClinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology2015

Itolizumab - a humanized anti-CD6 monoclonal antibody with a better side effects profile for the treatment of psoriasis.

Roshni Menon, Brinda G David

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Review in Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
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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

22 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
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  3. Severe bronchospasm following itolizumab infusion in a COVID-19 patient.Journal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacology · 2022
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  5. Clinical drug therapies and biologicals currently used or in clinical trial to treat COVID-19.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2021
    Review
  6. Review
  7. Approval of Itolizumab for COVID-19: A Premature Decision or Need of The Hour?BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2020
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  14. Itolizumab in the Management of Psoriasis with Metabolic Syndrome.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2017
    Article
  15. CD6 as a potential target for treating multiple sclerosis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017
    Article
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  19. Biologics and Biosimilars in Psoriasis.Indian journal of dermatology
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Roshni MenonDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Ariyur, Pondicherry, India.
Brinda G DavidDepartment of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Ariyur, Pondicherry, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Management of psoriasis is a challenge to the treating physician. The chronic inflammatory state of psoriasis with exacerbations and remissions necessitate "on-and-off" treatment schedules. The safety profiles of drugs and tolerability issues for patients are important factors to be considered during treatment. Various biological agents targeting T-cells and the inflammatory cytokines are available for systemic treatment of psoriasis. However, major causes of concern while using these drugs are risk of susceptibility to infection and development of anti-drug antibodies, which will affect the pharmacokinetic properties, efficacy, and safety profile of the drug. Itolizumab, a humanized anti-CD6 monoclonal antibody, is a new molecule that acts by immunomodulating the CD6 molecule. CD6 is a co-stimulatory molecule required for optimal T-cell stimulation by the antigen-presenting cells. This step is crucial in T-cell proliferation to form Th1 and Th17 cells, which play a major role in the pathogenesis of psoriasis. This article deals with the properties of Itolizumab and its role in the treatment of psoriasis. Based on the available published data, Itolizumab seems to have a better adverse effects profile and at the same time comparatively less efficacy when compared to other biological agents available for treating psoriasis. Larger studies with longer duration are required to clearly depict the long-term side effects profile.

Indexed as

biologicalCD6Itolizumabmonoclonal antibodypsoriasis

Identifiers

PMID25945063
PMCPMC4407739

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