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ReviewCurrent allergy and asthma reports2016

Unintended Immunological Consequences of Biologic Therapy.

Sarah E Henrickson, Melanie A Ruffner, Mildred Kwan

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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. Cited by 17 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Introduction of Biopharmaceuticals in Europe: A Cross-Sectional Study of Early Diffusion Patterns and Data Availability.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2025
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  11. Hypersensitivity and Immune-related Adverse Events in Biologic Therapy.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2022
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sarah E HenricksonDivision of Allergy and Immunology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3550 Market St. 3rd floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Melanie A RuffnerDivision of Allergy and Immunology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3550 Market St. 3rd floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Mildred KwanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, 3300 Thurston, CB #7280, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA. mildred.kwan@med.unc.edu.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Pediatric Scholars ProgramK12HD043245 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI ST. GEME, JOSEPH W. · 2003 to 2022
$7.4M
T32 Institutional Pediatric ResearchT32HD043021 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI Joseph W. St. Geme · 2002 to 2026
$6.4M
NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD043245NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD043021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in the understanding of immune dysregulation in autoimmune diseases have enabled the development of new monoclonal antibody-based drugs called biologics. Biologics have been used to target aberrant immune responses in many diseases, but patients with rheumatologic and other autoimmune diseases have benefited the most and improvements in outcomes have been significant. The use of biologics is not without hazard, however, as these agents block immune pathways adapted to protect the host. This has been borne out by increased rates of infections as well as induction of new autoimmune and hematologic adverse effects. As new drugs for the treatment of autoimmune conditions are entering the pipeline, it is incumbent on the practicing immunologist to understand the mechanism of these biologics and the implications of clinical use.

Indexed as

Autoimmune DiseasesBiological ProductsBiological TherapyHumansBiological ProductsAutoimmune diseaseBiologicsBiologic safetyMonoclonal antibodyPrimary immunodeficiencySecondary immunodeficiency

Identifiers

PMID27324478
PMCPMC5481723
OpenAlexW2473826479

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Registered trials

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