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ReviewFrontiers in pediatrics2018

Immunotherapy and Asthma in Children.

Maria A Tosca, Amelia Licari, Roberta Olcese, Gianluigi Marseglia, Oliviero Sacco, Giorgio Ciprandi

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Review in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Asthma: From Phenotypes to Personalized Medicine.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022
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  7. Allergic Asthma in the Era of Personalized Medicine.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022
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  11. Allergic Endotypes and Phenotypes of Asthma.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2020
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  14. Immunomodulation in Pediatric Asthma.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2019
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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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Maria A ToscaDepartment of Pediatrics, Allergy Center, Istituto Giannina Gaslini (IRCCS), Genoa, Italy.
Amelia LicariDepartment of Pediatrics, Ospedale San Matteo (IRCCS), Pediatrics Clinic, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Roberta OlceseDepartment of Pediatrics, Allergy Center, Istituto Giannina Gaslini (IRCCS), Genoa, Italy.
Gianluigi MarsegliaDepartment of Pediatrics, Ospedale San Matteo (IRCCS), Pediatrics Clinic, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Oliviero SaccoPediatric Pulmonology and Endoscopy, Istituto Giannina Gaslini (IRCCS), Genoa, Italy.
Giorgio CiprandiAllergy Clinic, Ospedale San Martino (IRCCS), Genoa, Italy.
Istituto Giannina Gaslini · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITOspedale Policlinico San Martino · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allergen immunotherapy (AIT) is still the only disease-modifying treatment strategy for IgE-mediated allergic diseases, with consolidated evidence both in adults and children. AIT is effective in determining clinical improvement of allergic rhinitis and asthma, such as reduced symptoms, medication use, and improvement of quality of life, with a long-lasting effect after cessation of treatment. Results from recent clinical studies have implemented the evidence of effectiveness and safety of allergen immunotherapy for the treatment of allergic asthma, so that the current asthma guidelines now recommend sublingual immunotherapy as an add-on therapy for asthma in adults and adolescents with house dust mite allergy, allergic rhinitis, and exacerbations despite low-to-moderate dose ICS, with forced expiratory volume in 1 second more than 70% predicted. AIT may also reduce the risk of progression from allergic rhinitis to asthma in children and prevent the onset of new sensitizations, thus representing a potentially preventive method of treatment. The aim of this review is to present an updated overview of the clinical indications of AIT, with particular reference to pediatric asthma, of the mechanisms of clinical and immunological tolerance to allergens, and of the potential biomarkers predicting clinical response.

Indexed as

allergen immunotherapyallergic rhinitisasthmasubcutaneous immunotherapysublingual immunotherapy

Identifiers

PMID30186823
PMCPMC6110847
OpenAlexW2888591463

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