Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28534856›Full record

ArticleViruses2017

Manipulation of Viral MicroRNAs as a Potential Antiviral Strategy for the Treatment of Cytomegalovirus Infection.

Jiang Deng, Jun Xiao, Ping Ma, Bo Gao, Feng Gong, Liping Lv, Yanyu Zhang, Jinbo Xu

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Viruses, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jiang DengBeijing Key Laboratory of Blood Safety and Supply Technologies, Beijing 100850, China. ammsdjxm@163.com.
Jun XiaoDepartment of Blood Transfusion, Air Force General Hospital, Beijing 100142, China. ammsxj@126.com.
Ping MaBeijing Key Laboratory of Blood Safety and Supply Technologies, Beijing 100850, China. maping1111@hotmail.com.
Bo GaoBeijing Key Laboratory of Blood Safety and Supply Technologies, Beijing 100850, China. gaobolove@sina.com.
Feng GongBeijing Key Laboratory of Blood Safety and Supply Technologies, Beijing 100850, China. gongfeng@nic.bmi.ac.cn.
Liping LvBeijing Key Laboratory of Blood Safety and Supply Technologies, Beijing 100850, China. lvlp2007@sina.com.
Yanyu ZhangBeijing Key Laboratory of Blood Safety and Supply Technologies, Beijing 100850, China. swgczhyy@126.com.
Jinbo XuBeijing Key Laboratory of Blood Safety and Supply Technologies, Beijing 100850, China. ammsxujb@126.com.
Air Force General Hospital PLA · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection leads to notable morbidity and mortality in immunosuppressed patients. Current antiviral drugs are effective but seriously limited in their long-term use due to their relatively high toxicity. In the present study, we characterized the expression of murine CMV microRNAs (MCMV miRNAs) both in vitro and in vivo. Although 29 miRNAs were detectable during in vitro infection, only 11 miRNAs (classified as Group 1) were detectable during in vivo infection, and as many as 18 viral miRNAs (classified as Group 2) were less detectable (<50% of animals) in both the liver and lungs. In addition, viral miRNA profiles in the blood revealed unstable and reduced expression. We next explored the in vitro effects of viral miRNAs on MCMV replication. The inhibition of Group 1 viral miRNAs had little effect on virus production, but transfected cells overexpressing miR-m01-3-5p, miR-M23-1-5p, miR-M55-1, and miR-m107-1-5p in Group 2 showed statistically lower viral loads than those transfected with control miRNA (29%, 29%, 39%, and 43%, respectively, versus control). Finally, we performed hydrodynamic injection of viral miRNA agomirs and observed lower levels of MCMV recurrence in the livers of animals overexpressing the miR-m01-3-5p or mcmv-miR-M23-1-5p agomirs compared with those of animals transfected with control agomir, confirming the antiviral effects of viral miRNA manipulation in vivo. Therefore, the manipulation of viral miRNA expression shows great therapeutic potential and represents a novel antiviral strategy for the miRNA-based treatment of cytomegalovirus infection.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigens, ViralAntiviral AgentsCell Culture TechniquesCytomegalovirus InfectionsDisease Models, AnimalFibroblastsGene Expression Regulation, ViralImmunohistochemistryKineticsLiverLungMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLAntigens, ViralAntiviral AgentsMicroRNAsRNA, Viralantiviral therapycytomegalovirustransfectionviral miRNA

Identifiers

PMID28534856
PMCPMC5454430
OpenAlexW2616542447

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.