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ReviewCurrent allergy and asthma reports2024

Minimally Invasive Approaches to Diagnose and Monitor Eosinophilic GI Diseases.

Ellie J M Furuta, Glenn T Furuta, Robin Shandas

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Review in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Economic burden of eosinophilic esophagitis in the first year after diagnosis in Spain: A direct medical cost analysis.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ellie J M FurutaDepartment of Public Health, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
Glenn T FurutaDigestive Health Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA. glenn.furuta@childrenscolorado.org.
Robin ShandasDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Denver|Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThis review seeks to understand novel avenues for eosinophilic GI disease management. Biomarkers offer a unique and non-invasive approach to tracking EoE disease progression. While no biomarkers have definitively met the diagnostic criteria for eosinophilic GI diseases, some biomarkers have been shown to be associated with disease activity. Here, we examine the potential of recently studied biomarkers. RECENT

findingsCurrent research shows advancements in blood, luminal fluid, and breath testing. Particular areas of interest include mRNA analyses, protein fingerprinting, amplicon sequence variants (ASVs), T cells and IgE receptors, eosinophilic cationic proteins, cytokines, and nitric oxide exhalation. Preliminary results showed that mucosal biomarkers, directly captured from the esophagus, may reflect the best representation of biopsy-based results, in contrast to biomarkers obtained from indirect or peripheral (blood, breath) methods. However, this is based on limited clinical studies without sufficient numbers to evaluate true diagnostic accuracy. Large-scale randomized trials are needed to fully ascertain both the optimal sampling technique and the specific biomarkers that reflect diagnostic status of the disease.

Indexed as

BiomarkersEosinophiliaBreath TestsEnteritisEosinophilic EsophagitisGastritisHumansBiomarkersBiomarkerEosinophilEosinophilic colitisEosinophilic enteritisEosinophilic esophagitisEosinophilic gastritisEosinophilic gastroenteritisEosinophilic oesophagitis

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PMID38536531

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