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ReviewClinical reviews in allergy & immunology2022

The Role of IgE in Upper and Lower Airway Disease: More Than Just Allergy!

Philippe Gevaert, Kit Wong, Lauren A Millette, Tara F Carr

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Review in Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Philippe GevaertUpper Airway Research Laboratory, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Kit WongGenentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, CA, 94080, South San Francisco, USA.
Lauren A MilletteGenentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, CA, 94080, South San Francisco, USA. millette.lauren@gene.com.
Tara F CarrAsthma and Airway Disease Research Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Ghent University Hospital · BEUniversity of Arizona · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunoglobulin E (IgE) is a well-known key factor in allergic airway disease; however, its central role in non-allergic airway inflammation is often underestimated. In some airway diseases, IgE is produced as a result of allergic sensitization. However, in others, IgE production occurs despite the lack of a specific allergen. Although multiple pathways contribute to the production of IgE in airway disease, it is its activity in mediating the inflammatory response that is associated with disease. Therefore, an understanding of IgE as the unifying component of upper and lower airway diseases has important implications for both diagnosis and treatment. Understanding the role of IgE in each upper and lower airway disease highlights its potential utility as a diagnostic marker and therapeutic target. Further classification of these diseases by whether they are IgE mediated or non-IgE mediated, rather than by the existence of an underlying allergic component, accounts for both systemic and localized IgE activity. Improvements in diagnostic methodologies and standardization of clinical practices with this classification in mind can help identify patients with IgE-mediated diseases. In doing so, this group of patients can receive optimal care through targeted anti-IgE therapeutics, which have already demonstrated efficacy across numerous IgE-mediated upper and lower airway diseases.

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HypersensitivityImmunoglobulin EAllergensHumansInflammationAllergensImmunoglobulin EAsthmaImmunoglobulin ELower airway diseaseNasal polypsRhinitisUpper airway disease

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PMID34536215
PMCPMC8818003
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