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ReviewFrontiers in immunology

Immune Dysregulation and the Increased Risk of Complications and Mortality Following Respiratory Tract Infections in Adults With Down Syndrome.

Tomer Illouz, Arya Biragyn, Maria Florencia Iulita, Lisi Flores-Aguilar, Mara Dierssen, Ilario De Toma, Stylianos E Antonarakis, Eugene Yu, Yann Herault, Marie-Claude Potier and 7 more

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Review in Frontiers in immunology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 50 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

17 authors at 15 institutions in 7 countries.

Tomer IllouzThe Leslie and Susan Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Arya BiragynLaboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Health, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Maria Florencia IulitaSant Pau Memory Unit, Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
Lisi Flores-AguilarDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Mara DierssenCenter for Genomic Regulation, The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.
Ilario De TomaCenter for Genomic Regulation, The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.
Stylianos E AntonarakisDepartment of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Eugene YuThe Children's Guild Foundation Down Syndrome Research Program, Genetics and Genomics Program and Department of Cancer Genetics and Genomics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, United States.
Yann HeraultUniversité de Strasbourg, CNRS, INSERM, Institut de Génétique Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, IGBMC - UMR 7104 - Inserm U1258, Illkirch, France.
Marie-Claude PotierParis Brain Institute (ICM), CNRS UMR7225, INSERM U1127, Sorbonne Université, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
Alexandra BottéParis Brain Institute (ICM), CNRS UMR7225, INSERM U1127, Sorbonne Université, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
Randall RoperDepartment of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Benjamin SredniThe Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Jacqueline LondonUniversité de Paris, BFA, UMR 8251, CNRS, Paris, France.
William MobleyDepartment of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States.
Andre StrydomDepartment of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Eitan OkunThe Leslie and Susan Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Bar-Ilan University · ILBarcelona Institute for Science and Technology · ESCancer Genetics (United States) · USCentre for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases · ESCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRHospital de Sant Pau · ESInserm · FRMcGill University · CANational Institute on Aging · USPitié-Salpêtrière Hospital · FRSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversité de Strasbourg · FRUniversity of California, San Diego · USUniversity of Geneva · CHUniversity of Indianapolis · US

Funding

Development of therapeutic chemokine-based formulationsZIAAG000444 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI BIRAGYN, ARYA · 2009 to 2021
$5.1M
Medical Research Council MR/S011277/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The risk of severe outcomes following respiratory tract infections is significantly increased in individuals over 60 years, especially in those with chronic medical conditions, i.e., hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, dementia, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer. Down Syndrome (DS), the most prevalent intellectual disability, is caused by trisomy-21 in ~1:750 live births worldwide. Over the past few decades, a substantial body of evidence has accumulated, pointing at the occurrence of alterations, impairments, and subsequently dysfunction of the various components of the immune system in individuals with DS. This associates with increased vulnerability to respiratory tract infections in this population, such as the influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), and bacterial pneumonias. To emphasize this link, here we comprehensively review the immunobiology of DS and its contribution to higher susceptibility to severe illness and mortality from respiratory tract infections.

Indexed as

AdultAnimalsCOVID-19Down SyndromeHumansImmune SystemOrthomyxoviridaePneumoniaRespiratory Syncytial VirusesRespiratory Tract InfectionsRiskSARS-CoV-2Virus DiseasesCOVID-19Down syndromehospitalizationimmune dysregulationinterferonrespiratory tract infections

Identifiers

PMID34248930
PMCPMC8267813
OpenAlexW3174898664

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