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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2022

Connor Prosty, Sofianne Gabrielli, Moshe Ben-Shoshan, Michelle Le, Ana M Giménez-Arnau, Ivan V Litvinov, Philippe Lefrançois, Elena Netchiporouk

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Research progress in the pathogenesis of chronic urticaria.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Connor ProstyFaculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Sofianne GabrielliDivision of Allergy, Immunology and Dermatology, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Moshe Ben-ShoshanDivision of Allergy, Immunology and Dermatology, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Michelle LeDivision of Dermatology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Ana M Giménez-ArnauDepartment of Dermatology, Hospital del Mar, Institut Mar d'Investigacions Mediques (IMIM), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain.
Ivan V LitvinovDivision of Dermatology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Philippe LefrançoisDivision of Dermatology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Elena NetchiporoukDivision of Dermatology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
McGill University · CAMontreal Children's Hospital · CAUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ESUniversity of Ottawa · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The immunopathogenesis of chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is poorly understood, but recent research suggests that patients can be divided into autoallergic and autoimmune subtypes. Given that not all patients can be controlled with current treatment regimens, including anti-IgE monoclonal antibodies, a better understanding of the immune pathways involved in CSU may enable the repurposing of monoclonal antibodies used for other dermatologic diseases (e.g., Th2 and Th17 inhibitors). Therefore, we investigated the implicated immune cells and pathways by reanalyzing publicly available transcriptomic data. Methods: Microarray data of CSU and healthy control (HC) skin and blood were obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GSE72542, GSE57178). Differentially expressed genes were defined as a false discovery rate <0.05 and a |log Results: Th2 (IL-4/13 signaling) and Th17-related (IL-17/23 signaling) pathways were upregulated in lesional compared to non-lesional and HC samples. In non-lesional versus lesional samples, CIBERSORT analysis revealed increased regulatory T-cells (Treg) and resting mast cells. xCell analysis established that Th1 and Th2 scores were not significantly different between lesional and HC samples. However, Th2 scores in both lesional and non-lesional samples correlated positively with disease severity. Few differentially expressed genes and pathways were identified between CSU and HC blood samples. Conclusion: Our results support the involvement of Th2 and Th17-related genes and pathways in CSU. Th2 scores associate with disease severity, which indicates the clinical relevance of these findings. Increased resting mast cell and Treg scores in non-lesional samples may suggest local suppression of wheal formation. Moreover, disease activity seemed to be restricted to the skin as there were limited findings from blood. Larger studies using next-generation sequencing will be helpful to confirm these results.

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autoallergyautoimmunitychronic idiopathic urticariachronic spontaneous urticariachronic urticariapathogenesisTh17Th2

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PMID35872776
PMCPMC9302568
OpenAlexW4284683586

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