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ArticleThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology2022

Rapid and sustained effect of dupilumab on clinical and mechanistic outcomes in aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease.

Kathleen M Buchheit, Aaqib Sohail, Jonathan Hacker, Rie Maurer, Deborah Gakpo, Jillian C Bensko, Faith Taliaferro, Jose Ordovas-Montanes, Tanya M Laidlaw

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Article in The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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51 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kathleen M BuchheitDepartment of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Aaqib SohailDepartment of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Jonathan HackerDivision of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Rie MaurerCenter for Clinical Investigation, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Deborah GakpoDivision of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Jillian C BenskoDivision of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
Faith TaliaferroDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass; Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, Mass; Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard, Cambridge, Mass.
Jose Ordovas-MontanesDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass; Program in Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, Mass; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, Mass; Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard, Cambridge, Mass.
Tanya M LaidlawDepartment of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass; Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass. Electronic address: tlaidlaw@bwh.harvard.edu.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · USMassachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS IN THE ALIMENTARY TRACTP30DK034854 · NIDDK · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI JONATHAN C KAGAN · 1986 to 2026
$32.4M
Therapeutic Control of Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory DiseaseU19AI095219 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Maria Gutierrez-Arcelus · 2011 to 2026
$29.1M
IMMUNOLOGIC BASIS OF RESISTANCE AND HYPERSENSITIVITYT32AI007306 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Nora Amanda Barrett, Joshua A Boyce · 1985 to 2026
$12.2M
Prostaglandin D2: A Key Mediator of Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory DiseaseR01HL128241 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LAIDLAW, TANYA MARIA · 2015 to 2019
$2.2M
The Role of IL-5 and Local Nasal Polyp Immunoglobulin Production in Aspirin-Exacerbated Respiratory DiseaseK23AI139352 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BUCHHEIT, KATHLEEN MARY · 2019 to 2023
$1.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL128241NIAID NIH HHS K23 AI139352NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007306NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI095219NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK034854
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDupilumab, a mAb targeting IL-4Rα, improves upper and lower airway symptoms in patients with aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD), but the mechanisms leading to clinical improvement are not fully elucidated.

objectiveOur aim was to identify the mechanistic basis of clinical improvement in patients with AERD treated with dupilumab.

methodsA total of 22 patients with AERD were treated with dupilumab for 3 months for severe asthma and/or chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps. Clinical outcomes were assessed at baseline and at 1 and 3 months after initiation of dupilumab. Nasal fluid, urine, blood, and inferior turbinate scrapings were collected at the 3 time points for determination of mediator levels, cellular assays, and RNA sequencing.

resultsParticipants had rapid improvement in clinical measures, including sense of smell, sinonasal symptoms, and lung function after 1 month of treatment with dupilumab; the improvements were sustained after 3 months of dupilumab. Baseline severity of smell loss was correlated with lower nasal prostaglandin E

conclusionInhibition of IL-4Rα in AERD led to rapid improvement in respiratory symptoms and smell, with a concomitant improvement in epithelial barrier function, a decrease in inflammatory eicosanoid levels, and an increase in the anti-inflammatory eicosanoid prostaglandin E

Indexed as

Asthma, Aspirin-InducedNasal PolypsRhinitisSinusitisAspirinChronic DiseaseEicosanoidsHumansProstaglandinsAspirinEicosanoidsProstaglandinsAERDanosmiaAspirin-exacerbated respiratory diseasedupilumabIL-13IL-4IL-4Rαleukotriene E(4)nasal polypprostaglandin E(2)

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PMID35460728
PMCPMC9378638
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