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ReviewAllergy2025

Basophil Activation Test: Bridging Allergy and Oncology for Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Prognostic Applications in AllergoOncology: An EAACI Position Paper.

Mariona Pascal, Jitesh Chauhan, Edward Knol, Rodolfo Bianchini, Mariana Castells, Leticia De Las Vecillas, Karin Hartmann, Elena Izquierdo, Uta Jappe, Teodorikez-Wilfox Jimenez-Rodriguez and 9 more

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Review in Allergy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  8. AllergoOncology in Review: Harnessing Allergy in the Field of Oncology to Improve Patient Outcomes.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2026
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  9. Understanding Biologics in CRSwNP: Related Events and Insights.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2026
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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

19 authors.

Mariona PascalImmunology Department, CDB, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona; Institut D'investigació Biomèdica August pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0549-9720
Jitesh ChauhanSchool of Basic & Medical Biosciences & KHP Centre for Translational Medicine, St. John's Institute of Dermatology, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3968-9234
Edward KnolCenter of Translational Immunology and Dermatology/Allergology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7368-9820
Rodolfo BianchiniInstitute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0351-6937
Mariana CastellsDivision of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Drug Hypersensitivity and Desensitization Center, Mastocytosis Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6451-0163
Leticia De Las VecillasDepartment of Allergy, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4969-5678
Karin HartmannDivision of Allergy, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4595-8226
Elena IzquierdoDepartamento de Ciencias Médicas Básicas, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Medicina Molecular Aplicada - Nemesio Díez (IMMA-ND), Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Boadilla del Monte, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3355-2798
Uta JappeDivision of Clinical and Molecular Allergology, Priority Research Area Chronic Lung Diseases, Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Borstel, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5602-3672
Teodorikez-Wilfox Jimenez-RodriguezAllergy Section, Dr. Balmis General University Hospital, Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Alicante, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4341-0507
Francesca Levi-SchafferPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Unit, Institute for Drug Research, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0620-2810
Cristobalina MayorgaRETICS Asma, Reacciones Adversas y alérgicas (ARADYAL) and RICORS Red De Enfermedades Inflamatorias (REI), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8852-8077
Aurélie PoliNeuro-Immunology Group, Department of Cancer Research, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7986-0761
Frank RedegeldDivision of Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8830-7960
Alexandra F SantosDepartment of Women and Children's Health (Pediatric Allergy), School of Life Course Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7805-1436
Erika Jensen-JarolimInstitute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4019-5765
Christoph BergmannDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, RKM740 Interdisciplinary Clinics, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2076-8813
Sophia N KaragiannisSchool of Basic & Medical Biosciences & KHP Centre for Translational Medicine, St. John's Institute of Dermatology, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4100-7810
Heather J BaxSchool of Basic & Medical Biosciences & KHP Centre for Translational Medicine, St. John's Institute of Dermatology, King's College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0432-4160

Funding

European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The basophil activation test (BAT) is gaining increasing relevance as an ex vivo functional assay in allergy to evaluate IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reactions to food allergens, venoms, and drugs and to monitor tolerance induction. Establishing universal standard operating protocols has been difficult, due to several challenges including variable activation markers, positive control selection, the need for processing fresh blood samples, and the existence of non-releasing individuals. In oncology, BAT is also an emerging promising diagnostic and management tool to assess hypersensitivity reactions to biologics and chemotherapy agents, monitor drug tolerance in desensitisation, and predict and address the safety of novel anti-cancer IgE-based therapeutics. This position paper highlights the emerging significance of BAT in AllergoOncology, in facilitating therapy monitoring, biomarker discovery, and risk stratification. Capitalising on long-acquired expertise in the development of BAT for allergy, we propose research directions and routes to clinical applications of this highly promising tool in AllergoOncology. We advocate the need for enhanced focus on addressing standardisation challenges and leveraging outputs for precision medicine. By linking allergy and oncology, the key remaining limitations can be addressed, with the aim of realising the significant promise of BAT as a robust tool to enhance personalised care in allergy and AllergoOncology.

Indexed as

Basophil Degranulation TestBasophilsHypersensitivityMedical OncologyBiomarkersHumansImmunoglobulin ENeoplasmsPrognosisBiomarkersImmunoglobulin EAllergoOncologyallergybasophil activation test (BAT)cancer immunotherapyhypersensitivity reactionsprecision medicine

Identifiers

PMID40503572
PMCPMC12368759

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