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ReviewCurrent allergy and asthma reports2016

The Immunologic Mechanisms of Eosinophilic Esophagitis.

David A Hill, Jonathan M Spergel

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In one paragraph

Review in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07023380 (Pilot Interventional Study of an EoE-Causal Food Identification Blood Test), which is not on this map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41citing papers in PubMed
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT07023380 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2027, after this paper: background citation

Pilot Interventional Study of an EoE-Causal Food Identification Blood Test

TypeinterventionalSponsorChildren's Hospital of PhiladelphiaRan2027 to 2029Enrolled50ConditionsEosinophilic Esophagitis Caused by Food (Disorder)ArmsAssay directed diet change
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Oesophageal Epithelial Cell-Intrinsic MHCII Regulates Food Antigen-Dependent Eosinophilic Esophagitis in an IFNγ-Dependent Manner.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2026
    Article
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  5. Effect of benralizumab on histopathology and inflammatory signatures in a clinical cohort of eosinophilic esophagitis.Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus · 2025
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  6. Article
  7. Review
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  11. Higher Body Mass Index Is Associated With Decreased Treatment Response to Topical Steroids in Eosinophilic Esophagitis.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2023
    Article
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. A comprehensive summary of disease variants implicated in metal allergy.Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part B, Critical reviews · 2022
    Review
  15. Molecules involved in the development of Barrett's esophagus phenotype in chronic eosinophilic esophagitis.American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2022
    Article
  16. Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David A HillInstitute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Jonathan M SpergelInstitute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Spergel@email.chop.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

TRAINING (CAREER DEVELOPMENT) COMPONENTU54AI117804 · NIAID · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI GLENN T FURUTA, Marc E. Rothenberg · 2014 to 2026
$18.5M
NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI117804
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic allergic inflammatory disease that is triggered by food and/or environmental allergens and is characterized by a clinical and pathologic phenotype of progressive esophageal dysfunction due to tissue inflammation and fibrosis. EoE is suspected in patients with painful swallowing, among other symptoms, and is diagnosed by the presence of 15 or more eosinophils per high-power field in one or more of at least four esophageal biopsy specimens. The prevalence of EoE is increasing and has now reached rates similar to those of other chronic gastrointestinal disorders such as Crohn's disease. In recent years, our understanding of the immunologic mechanisms underlying this condition has grown considerably. Thanks to new genetic, molecular, cellular, animal, and translational studies, we can now postulate a detailed pathway by which exposure to allergens results in a complex and coordinated type 2 inflammatory cascade that, if not intervened upon, can result in pain on swallowing, esophageal strictures, and food impaction. Here, we review the most recent research in this field to synthesize and summarize our current understanding of this complex and important disease.

Indexed as

AnimalsCytokinesEosinophilic EsophagitisEosinophilsEpigenesis, GeneticFood HypersensitivityHumansTranscription, GeneticCytokinesEosinophilic esophagitisFood allergyImmunologyInflammation

Identifiers

PMID26758862
PMCPMC4913464
OpenAlexW2338645643

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