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ReviewCurrent treatment options in allergy2017

Update on Biomarkers to Monitor Clinical Efficacy Response During and Post Treatment in Allergen Immunotherapy.

Lubna Kouser, Jasper Kappen, Ross P Walton, Mohamed H Shamji

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Review in Current treatment options in allergy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lubna KouserImmunomodulation and Tolerance Group, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Inflammation, Repair and Development, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, SW7 2AZ UK.
Jasper KappenImmunomodulation and Tolerance Group, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Inflammation, Repair and Development, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, SW7 2AZ UK.
Ross P WaltonAirway Disease Infection Section, Imperial College London, part of the Medical Research Council and Asthma UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, St. Mary's Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI), London, W2 1PG UK.
Mohamed H ShamjiImmunomodulation and Tolerance Group, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Inflammation, Repair and Development, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, SW7 2AZ UK.
Imperial College London · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G1000758
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allergen immunotherapy (AIT) is an immune modulating treatment for allergic diseases. Although highly effective, some patients do not respond to the treatment. To date there are no surrogate biomarkers that are predictive of the clinical response to AIT. More and more is known about the underlying immunological mechanism involved in AIT. Through modulation of both innate and adaptive immune responses, involving reduced ILC2 and enhanced Treg and Breg induction and functionality, along with induction of IgG4 antibody production which have the capacity to inhibit both allergen-induced basophil responsiveness and CD23-mediated IgE-facilitated allergen presentation, the result is an immune skewing towards a more balanced Type I response. So far, however there is not a clear correlation with the observed immunological changes and predictive correlates of clinical efficacy. The most promising biomarker of successful AIT is IgE-FAB as a reflection of functional IgG4. Cellular responses and cytokine analysis gives a great deal of insight into the mechanisms of AIT but may not represent useful or indeed reliable biomarkers in a clinical setting. There is a need for more research for confirmation and interpretation of the possible association with biomarkers and clinical response to AIT.

Indexed as

AITAllergen immunotherapyBiomarkersIgG4ILC2Tregs

Identifiers

PMID28413769
PMCPMC5375961
OpenAlexW2592507630

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