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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2020

Airway Epithelial Dysfunction in Asthma: Relevant to Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors and Airway Epithelial Cells.

Hideki Inoue, Kaho Akimoto, Tetsuya Homma, Akihiko Tanaka, Hironori Sagara

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
40citing 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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. [Mendelian Randomization Analysis of Potential Molecular Targets for Type 2 Airway Inflammatory Diseases].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2026
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  9. The Development of 3D Primary Co-Culture Models of the Human Airway.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Hideki InoueDivision of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8666, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8624-6524
Kaho AkimotoDivision of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8666, Japan.
Tetsuya HommaDivision of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8666, Japan.
Akihiko TanakaDivision of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8666, Japan.
Hironori SagaraDivision of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8666, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2376-1606
Showa University · JP

Funding

Environment Research and Technology Development Fund of the Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency of Japan year 2019 to 2021Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 18K16160
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Airway epithelium plays an important role as the first barrier from external pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, chemical substances, and allergic components. Airway epithelial cells also have pivotal roles as immunological coordinators of defense mechanisms to transfer signals to immunologic cells to eliminate external pathogens from airways. Impaired airway epithelium allows the pathogens to remain in the airway epithelium, which induces aberrant immunological reactions. Dysregulated functions of asthmatic airway epithelium have been reported in terms of impaired wound repair, fragile tight junctions, and excessive proliferation, leading to airway remodeling, which contributes to aberrant airway responses caused by external pathogens. To maintain airway epithelium integrity, a family of epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFR) have pivotal roles in mechanisms of cell growth, proliferation, and differentiation. There are extensive studies focusing on the relation between EGFR and asthma pathophysiology, which describe airway remodeling, airway hypermucus secretion, as well as immunological responses of airway inflammation. Furthermore, the second EGFR family member, erythroblastosis oncogene B2 (ErbB2), has been recognized to be involved with impaired wound recovery and epithelial differentiation in asthmatic airway epithelium. In this review, the roles of the EGFR family in asthmatic airway epithelium are focused on to elucidate the pathogenesis of airway epithelial dysfunction in asthma.

Indexed as

airway epithelial cellsasthmaepidermal growth factor receptorErbB2ErbB3ErbB4

Identifiers

PMID33217964
PMCPMC7698733
OpenAlexW3106366888

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