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ReviewSeminars in immunopathology2021

Eosinophils and COVID-19: diagnosis, prognosis, and vaccination strategies.

Helene F Rosenberg, Paul S Foster

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Review in Seminars in immunopathology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Helene F RosenbergNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA. helene.f.rosenberg@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-4848-365X
Paul S FosterSchool of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, 2300, Australia.
Hunter Medical Research Institute · AUNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Inflammation and Therapy for Respiratory Virus InfectionZ01AI000943 · NIAID · NIAID EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES · PI ROSENBERG, HELENE · 2004 to 2008
$1.6M
Biology of the Eosinophilic LeukocyteZ01AI000941 · NIAID · NIAID EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES · PI ROSENBERG, HELENE · 2004 to 2008
$1.6M
Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Z01-AI000941Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Z01-AI000943Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AI000943
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The unprecedented impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in global challenges to our health-care systems and our economic security. As such, there has been significant research into all aspects of the disease, including diagnostic biomarkers, associated risk factors, and strategies that might be used for its treatment and prevention. Toward this end, eosinopenia has been identified as one of many factors that might facilitate the diagnosis and prognosis of severe COVID-19. However, this finding is neither definitive nor pathognomonic for COVID-19. While eosinophil-associated conditions have been misdiagnosed as COVID-19 and others are among its reported complications, patients with pre-existing eosinophil-associated disorders (e.g., asthma, eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders) do not appear to be at increased risk for severe disease; interestingly, several recent studies suggest that a diagnosis of asthma may be associated with some degree of protection. Finally, although vaccine-associated aberrant inflammatory responses, including eosinophil accumulation in the respiratory tract, were observed in preclinical immunization studies targeting the related SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV pathogens, no similar complications have been reported clinically in response to the widespread dissemination of either of the two encapsulated mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19.

Indexed as

COVID-19EosinophilsCOVID-19 VaccinesHumansPrognosisSARS-CoV-2VaccinationCOVID-19 VaccinesRespiratory tract; Granulocytes; SARS-CoV-2; Inflammation; Vaccination; Asthma; Interferon (IFN)γ

Identifiers

PMID33728484
PMCPMC7962927
OpenAlexW3138602154

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