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ReviewThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology2016

Fifty years later: Emerging functions of IgE antibodies in host defense, immune regulation, and allergic diseases.

Hans C Oettgen

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Review in The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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53citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 107 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hans C OettgenDivision of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, and the Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. Electronic address: hans.oettgen@childrens.harvard.edu.
Boston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

MOLECULAR BASIS OF ALLERGIC AND IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASET32AI007512 · NIAID · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI Janet Chou, Peter A Nigrovic · 1996 to 2026
$13.1M
Mast cell regulation of Th2 induction and tolerance breakdown in food allergyR01AI119918 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI OETTGEN, HANS C · 2015 to 2025
$5.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI119918NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007512
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fifty years ago, after a long search, IgE emerged as the circulating factor responsible for triggering allergic reactions. Its extremely low concentration in plasma created significant hurdles for scientists working to reveal its identity. We now know that IgE levels are invariably increased in patients affected by atopic conditions and that IgE provides the critical link between the antigen recognition role of the adaptive immune system and the effector functions of mast cells and basophils at mucosal and cutaneous sites of environmental exposure. This review discusses the established mechanisms of action of IgE in pathologic immediate hypersensitivity, as well as its multifaceted roles in protective immunity, control of mast cell homeostasis, and its more recently revealed immunomodulatory functions.

Indexed as

ImmunityImmunomodulationAnaphylaxisAnimalsAntibody FormationB-LymphocytesCytokinesHumansHypersensitivityImmunoglobulin Class SwitchingImmunoglobulin EImmunologic MemoryMast CellsReceptors, IgECytokinesImmunoglobulin EReceptors, IgEanaphylaxisIgEmast cells

Identifiers

PMID27263999
PMCPMC4898788
OpenAlexW2415508338

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