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ReviewThe Journal of experimental medicine2023

Type 2 inflammation and biological therapies in asthma: Targeted medicine taking flight.

Imran Howell, Aleksandra Howell, Ian D Pavord

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In one paragraph

Review in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
42citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
12.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Nasal Cytology as a Local Biomarker of Airway Inflammation: A Paradigm Shift in Precision Medicine.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026
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  19. Special Issue "Molecular Mechanisms of Allergy and Asthma: 3rd Edition".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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Imran HowellNuffield Department of Medicine, Respiratory Medicine Unit, NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6033-0488
Aleksandra HowellNuffield Department of Medicine, Respiratory Medicine Unit, NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3407-8175
Ian D PavordNuffield Department of Medicine, Respiratory Medicine Unit, NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4288-5973
University of Oxford · GB

Funding

Department of Health
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The field of asthma has undergone a dramatic change in recent years. Advances in our understanding of type 2 airway inflammation have driven the discovery of monoclonal antibodies targeting specific aspects of the immune pathway. In landmark trials, these drugs have shown efficacy in reducing asthma attacks and exposure to oral corticosteroids, important causes of morbidity in people with asthma. Our review explores the key features of type 2 inflammation in asthma and summarizes the clinical trial evidence of the novel monoclonal antibody treatments and future avenues for treatment.

Indexed as

AsthmaAntibodies, MonoclonalBiological TherapyHumansInflammationAntibodies, Monoclonal

Identifiers

PMID37265457
PMCPMC10239209
OpenAlexW4379094667

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