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ReviewCancers2021

Insights from IgE Immune Surveillance in Allergy and Cancer for Anti-Tumour IgE Treatments.

Alex J McCraw, Jitesh Chauhan, Heather J Bax, Chara Stavraka, Gabriel Osborn, Melanie Grandits, Jacobo López-Abente, Debra H Josephs, James Spicer, Gerd K Wagner and 3 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. AllergoOncology in Review: Harnessing Allergy in the Field of Oncology to Improve Patient Outcomes.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2026
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  10. Total IgE levels in patients with hematologic malignancies.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2025
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  19. Eosinophilia and elevated IgE serum levels: a red flag: when your diagnosis is not a common atopic eczema or common allergy.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2023
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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

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alex J McCrawSt. John's Institute of Dermatology, School of Basic & Medical Biosciences, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK.
Jitesh ChauhanSt. John's Institute of Dermatology, School of Basic & Medical Biosciences, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK.
Heather J BaxSt. John's Institute of Dermatology, School of Basic & Medical Biosciences, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0432-4160
Chara StavrakaSt. John's Institute of Dermatology, School of Basic & Medical Biosciences, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK.
Gabriel OsbornSt. John's Institute of Dermatology, School of Basic & Medical Biosciences, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK.
Melanie GranditsSt. John's Institute of Dermatology, School of Basic & Medical Biosciences, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK.
Jacobo López-AbenteSt. John's Institute of Dermatology, School of Basic & Medical Biosciences, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK.
Debra H JosephsSt. John's Institute of Dermatology, School of Basic & Medical Biosciences, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK.
James SpicerSchool of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK.
Gerd K WagnerSt. John's Institute of Dermatology, School of Basic & Medical Biosciences, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK.
Sophia N KaragiannisSt. John's Institute of Dermatology, School of Basic & Medical Biosciences, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4100-7810
Alicia ChenowethSt. John's Institute of Dermatology, School of Basic & Medical Biosciences, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK.
Silvia CrescioliSt. John's Institute of Dermatology, School of Basic & Medical Biosciences, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1909-5957
King's College London · GBGuy's Hospital · GBQueen's University Belfast · GB

Funding

Breast Cancer Now 147; KCL-BCN-Q3Cancer Research UK C30122/A11527; C30122/A15774Cancer Research UK King's Health Partners Centre at King's College London C604/A25135CR UK//NIHR in England/DoH for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre C10355/A15587Medical Research Council MR/L023091/1National Institute for Health Research NIHR, CL-2020-17-002National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre based at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London IS-BRC-1215-20006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IgE, the predominant antibody class of the allergic response, is known for its roles in protecting against parasites; however, a growing body of evidence indicates a significant role for IgE and its associated effector cells in tumour immunosurveillance, highlighted by the field of AllergoOncology and the successes of the first-in-class IgE cancer therapeutic MOv18. Supporting this concept, substantial epidemiological data ascribe potential roles for IgE, allergy, and atopy in protecting against specific tumour types, with a corresponding increased cancer risk associated with IgE immunodeficiency. Here, we consider how epidemiological data in combination with functional data reveals a complex interplay of IgE and allergy with cancer, which cannot be explained solely by one of the existing conventional hypotheses. We furthermore discuss how, in turn, such data may be used to inform future therapeutic approaches, including the clinical management of different patient groups. With epidemiological findings highlighting several high-risk cancer types protected against by high IgE levels, it is possible that use of IgE-based therapeutics for a range of malignant indications may offer efficacy to complement that of established IgG-class antibodies.

Indexed as

AllergoOncologyantibodiescancerIgEimmunotherapy

Identifiers

PMID34503270
PMCPMC8431713
OpenAlexW3196386014

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