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ReviewVirologica Sinica2014

Viral exploitation of actin: force-generation and scaffolding functions in viral infection.

Mark Spear, Yuntao Wu

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Review in Virologica Sinica, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Pathogen-Mediated Cell Fusion and Actin Cytoskeleton.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  3. Exploring Therapeutic Targets From Spreading Patterns Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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  18. The Process of Wrapping Virus Revealed by a Force Tracing Technique and Simulations.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2017
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mark SpearNational Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, Department of Molecular and Microbiology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, 20110, USA.
Yuntao Wu
George Mason University · US

Funding

Validation of the Rev-dependent vector for targeting SIV macrophage reservoirsR01MH102144 · NIMH · GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY · PI WU, YUNTAO · 2014 to 2018
$3.3M
NIMH NIH HHS 1R01MH102144NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH102144
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a fundamental component of the host cellular cytoskeleton, actin is routinely engaged by infecting viruses. Furthermore, viruses from diverse groups, and infecting diverse hosts, have convergently evolved an array of mechanisms for manipulating the actin cytoskeleton for efficacious infection. An ongoing chorus of research now indicates that the actin cytoskeleton is critical for viral replication at many stages of the viral life cycle, including binding, entry, nuclear localization, genomic transcription and reverse transcription, assembly, and egress/dissemination. Specifically, viruses subvert the force-generating and macromolecular scaffolding properties of the actin cytoskeleton to propel viral surfing, internalization, and migration within the cell. Additionally, viruses utilize the actin cytoskeleton to support and organize assembly sites, and eject budding virions for cell-to-cell transmission. It is the purpose of this review to provide an overview of current research, focusing on the various mechanisms and themes of virus-mediated actin modulation described therein.

Indexed as

Actin CytoskeletonActinsViral ProteinsVirusesVirus ReplicationActinsViral Proteins

Identifiers

PMID24938714
PMCPMC4373664
OpenAlexW1484623141

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.