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ArticleClinical and translational allergy2025

T cell immunophenotypes and IgE responses in patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis receiving dupilumab.

Davender Redhu, Wojciech Francuzik, Philipp Globig, Margitta Worm

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Article in Clinical and translational allergy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Targeting T follicular helper cells for lifelong health.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2026
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  2. Defining the Potential for Disease Modification in Atopic Dermatitis.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2026
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  5. Revisiting Atopy: The IgE-Dependent Amplification Loop as a Forgotten Driver of Atopic Dermatitis.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Davender RedhuDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8423-0844
Wojciech FrancuzikDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5361-9876
Philipp GlobigDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Margitta WormDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3449-1245

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 409525714Sanofi
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTargeting the interleukin-4 receptor alpha (IL-4Rα) subunit has proven clinical efficacy in atopic dermatitis (AD).

objectiveThis study assessed the peripheral phenotype and function of T-cells, but also levels of total and sIgE and its receptors in AD patients receiving dupilumab.

methodsAD patients were clinically assessed (n = 75) and peripheral blood samples were taken (n = 25). Multiparametric flow cytometry was performed to characterize T-cell subsets (before treatment and 6 months later). Total and specific IgE were measured by ImmunoCap, soluble CD23 and FcεR1 in serum by ELISA, and eosinophils by differential blood analysis.

resultsSCORing Atopic Dermatitis scores and body surface area involvement decreased upon treatment after 6 months of treatment to 67% and 77% from baseline. At the T cell level, we observed a 0.55-fold reduction of Th2-cells and a mean 27% increase in regulatory T-cells from baseline, accompanied by shifts towards Th1 and Th17 phenotypes. Furthermore, circulating CD4

conclusionsThe T-cell and cytokine profiles during anti-IL4-Ra treatment suggest that targeting this pathway promotes a systemic shift of the T-cell compartment by reducing the T helper type 2 and complementary IgE responses. The sustainability of these disease-modifying effects requires further investigation.

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atopic dermatitisdupilumabIgEimmune modulationT cell phenotyping

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PMID40344321
PMCPMC12061530

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