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ArticleMucosal immunology2018

Histamine drives severity of innate inflammation via histamine 4 receptor in murine experimental colitis.

J B Wechsler, A Szabo, C L Hsu, R A Krier-Burris, H A Schroeder, M Y Wang, R G Carter, T E Velez, L M Aguiniga, J B Brown and 4 more

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Article in Mucosal immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Use of Antihistamine Drugs in Colitis: A Review.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  8. Role of Mast Cells in Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases.Immunology and allergy clinics of North America · 2024
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  20. Histamine receptors in heart failure.Heart failure reviews · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

J B WechslerDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
A SzaboDepartment of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois USA.
C L HsuDepartment of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois USA.
R A Krier-BurrisDepartment of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois USA.
H A SchroederDepartment of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois USA.
M Y WangDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
R G CarterDepartment of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois USA.
T E VelezDepartment of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois USA.
L M AguinigaDepartment of Urology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois USA.
J B BrownDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
M L MillerDepartment of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois USA.
B K WershilDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
T A BarrettDivision of Digestive Disease and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Kentucky Health Care, Lexington, Kentucky USA.
P J BryceDepartment of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois USA.
Northwestern University · USUniversity of Kentucky HealthCare · US

Funding

Mentoring For Success: Developing Fundamental Skills For Biomedical ResearchR25GM079300 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI MCGEE, RICHARD · 2007 to 2020
$6.6M
Northwestern University Allergy Immunology Research Program (NUAIR)T32AI083216 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Stephanie Caroline Eisenbarth, ADAM WILLIAMS · 2010 to 2026
$4.1M
Regulation of T cell migration by histamineR01AI076456 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI HULSE, KATHRYN ELIZABETH · 2008 to 2017
$3.9M
Lymphoepithelial interactions in IBDR01AI061701 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI BARRETT, TERRENCE A. · 2005 to 2009
$1.5M
Regulation of Ulcerative Colitis by mast cells and histamineK08DK097721 · NIDDK · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI WECHSLER, JOSHUA BRIAN · 2015 to 2019
$792k
CSRD VA I01 CX001353NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI061701NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI076456NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI083216NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK097721NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM079300
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ulcerative colitis (UC) patients exhibit elevated histamine, but how histamine exacerbates disease is unclear as targeting histamine 1 receptor (H1R) or H2R is clinically ineffective. We hypothesized that histamine functioned instead through the other colon-expressed histamine receptor, H4R. In humans, UC patient biopsies exhibited increased H4R RNA and protein expression over control tissue, and immunohistochemistry showed that H4R was in proximity to immunopathogenic myeloperoxidase-positive neutrophils. To characterize this association further, we employed both the oxazolone (Ox)- and dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced experimental colitis mouse models and also found upregulated H4R expression. Mast cell (MC)-derived histamine and H4R drove experimental colitis, as H4R

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AdolescentAdultAgedAnimalsCells, CulturedColitisColitis, UlcerativeColonDextran SulfateDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHistamineHistidine DecarboxylaseHumansIntestinal MucosaMaleDextran SulfateHistamineHistidine DecarboxylaseOxazoloneReceptors, Histamine H4

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PMID29363669
PMCPMC5976516
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