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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2022

Omalizumab and IgE in the Control of Severe Allergic Asthma.

Yasuhiro Gon, Shuichiro Maruoka, Kenji Mizumura

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Treatment of bronchial asthma - A simplified overview.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society · 2026
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  3. Prevalence and association of elevated total serum IgE levels with ICU admissions and poor asthma control: a retrospective study in a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2025
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  7. Exploring the therapeutic potential of monoclonal antibodies targeting TSLP and IgE in asthma management.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2024
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  9. Engineering nanoparticle therapeutics for food allergy.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yasuhiro GonDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Shuichiro MaruokaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kenji MizumuraDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Nihon University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Omalizumab, a human immunoglobulin (Ig)G1 antibody against IgE, is a therapeutic agent for bronchial asthma. The Global Initiative for Asthma guidelines indicate that the use of omalizumab should be considered as an option in step 5 of treatment for patients with the most severe type of bronchial asthma. In patients with atopic asthma who are at a high risk of exacerbation, and in whom symptoms are poorly controlled despite treatment with inhaled corticosteroids, omalizumab is one of the few drugs that improves symptoms, reduces the risk of exacerbation, and improves the quality of life while offering a high level of safety. On the other hand, the associated treatment costs are high, and there are no clear methods to identify responders. A recent study suggested that evaluating the therapeutic effects and monitoring the pharmacokinetics of omalizumab could improve the success of omalizumab therapy. This review outlines the relationship between IgE-targeted therapy and the serum level of IgE to enhance the current understanding of the mechanism of omalizumab therapy. It also describes the clinical significance of measuring serum free IgE levels and monitoring omalizumab therapy.

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asthmaCD23free-IgEIgE-targeted therapyomalizumab therapy

Identifiers

PMID35359867
PMCPMC8960644
OpenAlexW4220739866

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