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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

The New Therapeutic Frontiers in the Treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Biological Drugs.

Erminia Ridolo, Alessandro Barone, Martina Ottoni, Silvia Peveri, Marcello Montagni, Francesca Nicoletta

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
9.7field-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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of eosinophilic esophagitis in adults and children in Canada: a Delphi consensus project.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Erminia RidoloDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43121 Parma, Italy.
Alessandro BaroneDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43121 Parma, Italy.
Martina OttoniDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43121 Parma, Italy.
Silvia PeveriDepartmental Unit of Allergology, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, 29121 Piacenza, Italy.
Marcello MontagniDepartmental Unit of Allergology, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, 29121 Piacenza, Italy.
Francesca NicolettaDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43121 Parma, Italy.
University of Parma · ITGuglielmo da Saliceto Hospital · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a multifaceted disease characterized by a wide heterogeneity of clinical manifestations, endoscopic and histopathologic patterns, and responsiveness to therapy. From the perspective of an effective approach to the patient, the different inflammatory mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of EoE and biologics, in particular monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), targeting these pathways are needed. Currently, the most relevant is dupilumab, which interferes with both interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-13 pathways by binding IL-4 receptor α, and is the only mAb approved by the European Medicine Agency and US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of EoE. Other mAbs investigated include mepolizumab, reslizumab, and benralizumab (interfering with IL-5 axis), cendakimab and dectrekumab (anti-IL-13s), tezepelumab (anti-TSLP), lirentelimab (anti-SIGLEG-8), and many others. Despite the undeniable economic impact of biologic therapies, in the near future, there will be room for further reflection about the opportunity to prescribe biologic agents, not only as a last-line therapy in selected cases such as patients with comorbidities involving common pathways. Although recent findings are very encouraging, the road to permanent success in the treatment of EoE is still long, and further studies are needed to determine the long-term effects of mAbs and to discover new potential targets.

Indexed as

Biological ProductsEnteritisEosinophiliaEosinophilic EsophagitisGastritisBiological FactorsBiological TherapyHumansBiological FactorsBiological Productsbenralizumabbiological drugscendakimabdupilumabeosinophilic esophagitislirentelimab mepolizumabmonoclonal antibodiesreslizumabtezepelumab

Identifiers

PMID38338983
PMCPMC10855546
OpenAlexW4391349908

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