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ReviewTherapeutic advances in respiratory disease

Mepolizumab in the management of severe eosinophilic asthma in adults: current evidence and practical experience.

Rosalia Emma, Jaymin B Morjaria, Virginia Fuochi, Riccardo Polosa, Massimo Caruso

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In one paragraph

Review in Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Improving patient outcomes: Mepolizumab's impact in IL-5-mediated diseases.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society · 2025
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  14. Asthma Phenotypes in the Era of Personalized Medicine.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023
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  18. Molecular targets for cystic fibrosis and therapeutic potential of monoclonal antibodies.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rosalia EmmaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania (CT), Italy.
Jaymin B MorjariaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital Foundation Trust, Harefield Hospital, Hill End Road, Harefield, UK.
Virginia FuochiDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania (CT), Italy.
Riccardo PolosaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania (CT), Italy.
Massimo CarusoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia, 97, 95123 Catania (CT), Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4412-2080
University of Catania · ITHarefield Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory condition involving the airways with varying pathophysiological mechanisms, clinical symptoms and outcomes, generally controlled by conventional therapies including inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting β

Indexed as

AdultAnti-Asthmatic AgentsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAsthmaBiomarkersEosinophiliaHumansSeverity of Illness IndexTreatment OutcomeAnti-Asthmatic AgentsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedBiomarkersmepolizumabanti-IL-5biologicseosinophilic asthmamepolizumabsevere asthma

Identifiers

PMID30354852
PMCPMC6204623
OpenAlexW2898563555

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