Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35405356›Full record

ArticleAnnals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology2022

Determination of immunogenic epitopes in major house dust mite allergen, Der p 2, via nanoallergens.

Jenna Sjoerdsma, Franklin Mejia, Basar Bilgicer

Open access · greenAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jenna SjoerdsmaDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana; Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana; Mike and Josie Harper Cancer Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana.
Franklin MejiaDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana; Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana; Mike and Josie Harper Cancer Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana.
Basar BilgicerDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana; Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana; Mike and Josie Harper Cancer Research Institute, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana; Center for Rare & Neglected Diseases, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. Electronic address: bbilgicer@nd.edu.
University of Notre Dame · US

Funding

Designing Selective Inhibitors of IgE-mediated Mast Cell DegranulationR01AI108884 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME · PI BILGICER, ZIHNI BASAR · 2015 to 2024
$3.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI108884
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDespite the high prevalence of allergic asthma, currently, avoidance of the responsible allergens, which is nearly impossible for allergens such as house dust mite (HDM), remains among the most effective treatment. Consequently, determination of the immunogenic epitopes of allergens will aid in developing a better understanding of the condition for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Current methods of epitope identification, however, only evaluate immunoglobulin E-epitope binding interactions, which is not directly related to epitope immunogenicity.

objectiveTo determine and rank the immunogenicity of the epitopes of major HDM allergen, Der p 2.

methodsWe performed degranulation assays with RBL-SX38 cells primed using patient plasma and challenged with nanoallergens which multivalently displayed epitopes to study the relative immunogenicity of various epitopes of Der p 2. Nanoallergens were used to evaluate epitopes individually or in combination.

resultsWhen evaluated using 3 patient samples, 3 epitopes in 2 distal regions of Der p 2 were identified as highly immunogenic when presented in combination, whereas no individual epitope triggered relevant degranulation. One of the epitopes (69-DPNACHYMKCPLVKGQQY-86) was identified to be cooperatively immunogenic when combined with other epitopes.

conclusionOur study highlights the importance of conformational epitopes in HDM-related allergies. This study also provides further evidence of the versatility of nanoallergens and their value for functional characterization of allergy epitopes, by ranking the Der p 2 epitopes according to immunogenicity. We believe that nanoallergens, by aiding in identification and understanding of immunogenic epitopes, will provide a better understanding of the manifestation of the allergic condition and potentially aid in developing new treatments.

Indexed as

Antigens, DermatophagoidesPyroglyphidaeAllergensAnimalsArthropod ProteinsDustEpitopesHumansAllergensAntigens, DermatophagoidesArthropod ProteinsDermatophagoides pteronyssinus antigen p 2DustEpitopes

Identifiers

PMID35405356
PMCPMC9808607
OpenAlexW4223431724

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.