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ReviewCurrent opinion in virology2011

Natural killer cell responses during viral infections: flexibility and conditioning of innate immunity by experience.

Silvia M Vidal, Salim I Khakoo, Christine A Biron

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Review in Current opinion in virology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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82citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

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

82 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 128 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Silvia M VidalDepartment of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. silvia.vidal@mcgill.ca
Salim I Khakoo
Christine A Biron
Brown University · USMcGill Genome Centre · CAUniversity of Southampton · GB

Funding

Type 1 IFN Function and Signaling in Immunity to VirusesR01AI055677 · NIAID · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI BIRON, CHRISTINE A. · 2003 to 2013
$3.5M
NATURAL KILLER CELL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENTR01CA041268 · NCI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI BIRON, CHRISTINE A. · 1986 to 2008
$3.1M
CIHRNCI NIH HHS R01 CA041268NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI055677Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural killer (NK) cells mediate innate defense against viral infections, but the mechanisms in place to access their functions as needed during diverse challenges while limiting collateral damage are poorly understood. Recent molecular characterization of effects mediated through infection-induced inhibitory/activating NK receptor-ligand pairs and cytokines are providing new insights into pathways regulating their responses and revealing unexpected consequences for NK cell subset effects, maintenance, proliferation and function through times overlapping with adaptive and long-lived immunity. The observations define flexible pathways for experience-induced 'conditioning' and challenge narrowly defined roles for NK cells and innate immunity as first responders with prescribed functions. They suggest that individual experiences as well as genes influence the innate immune resources available to fight off an infection.

Indexed as

AnimalsCytokinesCytotoxicity, ImmunologicHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansImmunity, InnateKiller Cells, NaturalReceptors, Natural Killer CellVirus DiseasesVirusesCytokinesHistocompatibility Antigens Class IReceptors, Natural Killer Cell

Identifiers

PMID22180766
PMCPMC3237675
OpenAlexW2093406011

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