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ReviewAmerican journal of clinical dermatology2024

OX40 in the Pathogenesis of Atopic Dermatitis-A New Therapeutic Target.

Michael Croft, Ehsanollah Esfandiari, Camilla Chong, Hailing Hsu, Kenji Kabashima, Greg Kricorian, Richard B Warren, Andreas Wollenberg, Emma Guttman-Yassky

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Review in American journal of clinical dermatology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 55 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
55citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
34.2field-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

55 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Atopic Dermatitis: New Targets and Emerging Systemic Therapies.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2026
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  9. OX40/OX40L modulation: A target for regulating T cells in cutaneous inflammatory disorders.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2026
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  10. Epithelial-Dermal Immune Memory: TrackingInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  15. Memory Cells in Atopic Dermatitis: Paving the Way to Disease Modification.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  16. The Role of OX40 Pathway Inhibition as a New Therapeutic Strategy for Atopic Dermatitis.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Michael CroftCenter for Autoimmunity and Inflammation, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, 9420 Athena Circle, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA. mick@lji.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6062-3635
Ehsanollah EsfandiariKyowa Kirin International, London, UK.
Camilla ChongKyowa Kirin International, London, UK.
Hailing HsuAmgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA.
Kenji KabashimaDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0773-0554
Greg KricorianAmgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9419-9836
Richard B WarrenDermatology Centre, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-6481
Andreas WollenbergDepartment of Dermatology and Allergy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0177-8722
Emma Guttman-YasskyDepartment of Dermatology and the Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1425 Madison Avenue, Box 1047, New York, NY, 10029-6574, USA. emma.guttman@mountsinai.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9363-324X
Amgen (United States) · USKyowa Kirin International (United Kingdom) · GBKyoto University · JPLa Jolla Institute for Immunology · USManchester Academic Health Science Centre · GBRockefeller University · USUniversity Hospital Augsburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic, heterogeneous, inflammatory disease characterized by skin lesions, pruritus, and pain. Patients with moderate-to-severe AD experience chronic symptoms, intensified by unpredictable flares, and often have comorbidities and secondary complications, which can result in significant clinical burden that impacts the patient's overall quality of life. The complex interplay of immune dysregulation and skin barrier disruption drives AD pathogenesis, of which T-cell-dependent inflammation plays a critical role in patients with AD. Despite new targeted therapies, many patients with moderate-to-severe AD fail to achieve or sustain their individual treatment goals and/or may not be suitable for or tolerate these therapies. There remains a need for a novel, efficacious, well-tolerated therapeutic option that can deliver durable benefits across a heterogeneous AD patient population. Expression of OX40 [tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member 4 (TNFRSF4)], a prominent T-cell co-stimulatory molecule, and its ligand [OX40L; tumor necrosis factor superfamily, member 4 (TNFSF4)] is increased in AD. As the OX40 pathway is critical for expansion, differentiation, and survival of effector and memory T cells, its targeting might be a promising therapeutic approach to provide sustained inhibition of pathogenic T cells and associated inflammation and broad disease control. Antibodies against OX40 [rocatinlimab (AMG 451/KHK4083) and telazorlimab (GBR 830)] or OX40L [amlitelimab (KY1005)] have shown promising results in early-phase clinical studies of moderate-to-severe AD, highlighting the importance of OX40 signaling as a new therapeutic target in AD.

Indexed as

Dermatitis, AtopicMolecular Targeted TherapyOX40 LigandReceptors, OX40HumansQuality of LifeSeverity of Illness IndexSignal TransductionSkinT-LymphocytesTreatment OutcomeOX40 LigandReceptors, OX40TNFRSF4 protein, humanTNFSF4 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID38236520
PMCPMC11070399
OpenAlexW4390976654

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