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ReviewViruses2018

Defense Mechanisms against Viral Infection in

Luc Swevers, Jisheng Liu, Guy Smagghe

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Viruses, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

47 citing papers in PubMed, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Luc SweversInstitute of Biosciences & Applications, NCSR "Demokritos", 15341 Athens, Greece. swevers@bio.demokritos.gr.ORCID 0000-0003-3643-4794
Jisheng LiuSchool of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, 510006 Guangzhou, China. jisheng.liu@gzhu.edu.cn.
Guy SmaggheDepartment of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. guy.smagghe@ugent.be.ORCID 0000-0001-8334-3313
Ghent University · BEGuangzhou University · CNNational Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos" · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNAi is considered a major antiviral defense mechanism in insects, but its relative importance as compared to other antiviral pathways has not been evaluated comprehensively. Here, it is attempted to give an overview of the antiviral defense mechanisms in

Indexed as

RNA InterferenceAnimalsDrosophila melanogasterImmunity, InnateRNA, Double-StrandedVirus DiseasesVirus ReplicationRNA, Double-Strandedantiviraldefense systemsinsectinsect pest controlnon-RNAiRNAi

Identifiers

PMID29723993
PMCPMC5977223
OpenAlexW2793460547

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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