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ArticleThe European respiratory journal2020

COPD sputum eosinophils: relationship to blood eosinophils and the effect of inhaled PDE4 inhibition.

Dave Singh, Henrik Watz, Kai Michael Beeh, Oliver Kornmann, Brian Leaker, Brendan Colgan, Germano Lucci, Aida Emirova, Marie Anna Nandeuil, Debora Santoro and 2 more

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Article in The European respiratory journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Fibrotic chronic eosinophilic pneumonia: from inflammation to fibrosis and therapeutic implications.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  13. Current developments and future directions in COPD.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2020
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  16. Eosinophils in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease
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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

12 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Dave SinghMedicines Evaluation Unit, The University of Manchester, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, Manchester, UK dsingh@meu.org.uk.
Henrik WatzPulmonary Research Institute at Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Grosshansdorf, Germany.
Kai Michael BeehInsaf Respiratory Research Institute, Wiesbaden, Germany.
Oliver KornmannIKF Pneumologie Frankfurt, Clinical Research Centre Respiratory Diseases, Frankfurt, Germany.
Brian LeakerThe Heart Lung Centre, London, UK.
Brendan ColganCelerion, Belfast, UK.
Germano LucciGlobal Clinical Development, Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA, Parma, Italy.
Aida EmirovaGlobal Clinical Development, Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA, Parma, Italy.
Marie Anna NandeuilGlobal Clinical Development, Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA, Parma, Italy.
Debora SantoroGlobal Clinical Development, Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA, Parma, Italy.
Deborah BalzanoGlobal Clinical Development, Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA, Parma, Italy.
Mirco GovoniGlobal Clinical Development, Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA, Parma, Italy.
Chiesi (Italy) · ITCelerion (United Kingdom) · GBGerman Center for Lung Research · DEMedicines Evaluation Unit · GBRespiratory Research Institute · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

EosinophilsPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveAdministration, InhalationHumansLeukocyte CountSputum

Identifiers

PMID32341106
PMCPMC7406856
OpenAlexW3017533729

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Registered trials

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