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ReviewJournal of personalized medicine2023

Mechanisms of Allergen Immunotherapy and Potential Biomarkers for Clinical Evaluation.

Umit M Sahiner, Mattia Giovannini, Maria M Escribese, Giovanni Paoletti, Enrico Heffler, Montserrat Alvaro Lozano, Domingo Barber, Giorgio Walter Canonica, Oliver Pfaar

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Journal of personalized medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06876506 (Identification and Quantitation of Human B Regulatory Cells Via Flow Cytometry and Their Potential Role as a Treatment Efficacy Biomarker in Allergen-specific Immunotherapy), which is not on this map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
11.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT06876506 not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Identification and Quantitation of Human B Regulatory Cells Via Flow Cytometry and Their Potential Role as a Treatment Efficacy Biomarker in Allergen-specific Immunotherapy

TypeobservationalSponsorHull University Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustRan2026 to 2027Enrolled80ConditionsPollen Allergy, Venom AllergyArmsVenepuncture, Allergen Specific Immunotherapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Clinical Proteomics Applied to Food Allergy.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  14. Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025
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  17. Inhaled Allergy Diagnostics and Treatment in a Polluted Environment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  20. Allergen Immunotherapy: Pitfalls, Perks and Unexpected Allies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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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

9 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Umit M SahinerPediatric Allergy Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Hacettepe University Childrens Hospital, 06230 Ankara, Turkey.
Mattia GiovanniniAllergy Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, 50139 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9568-6882
Maria M EscribeseDepartamento de Ciencias Médicas Básicas, Instituto de Medicina Molecular Aplicada (IMMA) Nemesio Díez, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad San PabloCEU, CEU Universities, 28668 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5057-5150
Giovanni PaolettiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, 20090 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3953-9225
Enrico HefflerDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, 20090 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0492-5663
Montserrat Alvaro LozanoPediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology Service, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, 08950 Barcelona, Spain.
Domingo BarberDepartamento de Ciencias Médicas Básicas, Instituto de Medicina Molecular Aplicada (IMMA) Nemesio Díez, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad San PabloCEU, CEU Universities, 28668 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5488-5700
Giorgio Walter CanonicaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, 20090 Milan, Italy.
Oliver PfaarDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Rhinology and Allergy, Philipps-Universität Marburg, University Hospital Marburg, 35039 Marburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4374-9639
Humanitas University · ITUniversidad San Pablo CEU · ESHacettepe University Hospital · TRHospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona · ESMeyer Children's Hospital · ITPhilipps University of Marburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allergen-immunotherapy (AIT) is an efficacious and disease-modifying treatment option for IgE-mediated diseases. Among these allergic rhinitis, insect venom allergy, food allergy, and allergic asthma are the most common candidates for AIT. AIT gives rise to clinical immunotolerance which may last for years after the treatment cessation. Mechanisms of AIT include suppression of allergic inflammation in target tissues and stimulation of the production of blocking antibodies, especially IgG4 and IgA. These mechanisms are followed by a reduction of underlying allergen-specific Th2 cell-driven responses to the allergens. Tolerance induction takes place through the desensitization of effector cells and stimulation of regulatory T cells that show their effects by mechanisms involving cell-cell cross-talk, but also other mechanisms, e.g., by the production of immunomodulatory cytokines such as, e.g., IL-10 and TGF-beta. From a personalized medical perspective, there is a need for clinical biomarkers of value in selecting responders and optimizing patient care during AIT. Also, a deeper understanding of underlying mechanistic processes will improve AIT's future outcomes. In this paper, the current knowledge of mechanisms in AIT is reviewed with a special focus on biomarkers of this therapy.

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allergen immunotherapybiomarkersclinical evaluationmechanismspersonalized medicine

Identifiers

PMID37241015
PMCPMC10223594
OpenAlexW4377108150

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