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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Asthma and Chronic Rhinosinusitis: How Similar Are They in Pathogenesis and Treatment Responses?

Andrea Matucci, Susanna Bormioli, Francesca Nencini, Fabio Chiccoli, Emanuele Vivarelli, Enrico Maggi, Alessandra Vultaggio

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.6field-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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Association between air pollution and allergic upper respiratory diseases: a meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025
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  3. Optimising care for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps and asthma in multimorbid patients: a multidisciplinary Delphi consensus.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2025
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  6. Do Comorbidities Influence the Response to Biologics in Severe Asthma?American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Andrea MatucciImmunoallergology Unit, University Hospital Careggi, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Susanna BormioliImmunoallergology Unit, University Hospital Careggi, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Francesca NenciniImmunoallergology Unit, University Hospital Careggi, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Fabio ChiccoliImmunology and Cellular Therapy Unit, University Hospital Careggi, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Emanuele VivarelliImmunoallergology Unit, University Hospital Careggi, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Enrico MaggiImmunology Department, Children Hospital Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy.
Alessandra VultaggioImmunoallergology Unit, University Hospital Careggi, 50134 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8775-9217
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi · ITBambino Gesù Children's Hospital · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe asthma and rhinosinusitis represent frequent comorbidities, complicating the overall management of the disease. Both asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) can be differentiated into endotypes: those with type 2 eosinophilic inflammation and those with a non-type 2 inflammation. A correct definition of phenotype/endotype for these diseases is crucial, taking into account the availability of novel biological therapies. Even though patients suffering from type 2 severe asthma-with or without CRS with nasal polyps-significantly benefit from treatment with biologics, the existence of different levels of patient response has been clearly demonstrated. In fact, in clinical practice, it is a common experience that patients reach a good clinical response for asthma symptoms, but not for CRS. At first glance, a reason for this could be that although asthma and CRS can coexist in the same patient, they can manifest with different degrees of severity; therefore, efficacy may not be equally achieved. Many questions regarding responders and nonresponders, predictors of response, and residual disease after blocking type 2 pathways are still unanswered. In this review, we discuss whether treatment with biological agents is equally effective in controlling both asthma and sinonasal symptoms in patients in which asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps coexist.

Indexed as

AsthmaChronic DiseaseComorbidityEosinophilsHumansInflammationNasal PolypsPhenotypeRhinitisSinusitisasthmabiological agentschronic rhinosinusitisnasal polypstype 2 inflammation

Identifiers

PMID33805199
PMCPMC8037977
OpenAlexW3146307482

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