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ReviewTrends in immunology2021

Differential roles of interferons in innate responses to mucosal viral infections.

Forrest C Walker, Pratyush R Sridhar, Megan T Baldridge

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Review in Trends in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
69citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

69 citing papers in PubMed, 110 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Forrest C WalkerDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences & Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Pratyush R SridharDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences & Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Megan T BaldridgeDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences & Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA; Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. Electronic address: mbaldridge@wustl.edu.
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYT32GM007067 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TRUE-KROB, HEATHER L · 1985 to 2020
$20.4M
Training Program in Cellular and Molecular BiologyT32GM139774 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HEATHER L TRUE-KROB · 2021 to 2026
$6.7M
Role of CD300 Family in Norovirus Tropism, Persistence, and ImmunityR01AI127552 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BALDRIDGE, MEGAN T, FREMONT, DAVED H. · 2017 to 2021
$3.5M
Suppression of Enteric Norovirus Infection by Microbiota-Regulated Bile AcidsR01AI141478 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI KARST, STEPHANIE M · 2019 to 2023
$2.7M
Norovirus regulation via bacterial modulation of interferon-lambdaR01AI139314 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BALDRIDGE, MEGAN T · 2019 to 2023
$2.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI127552NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI139314NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI141478NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007067NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM139774Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interferons (IFNs) are among the first vertebrate immune pathways activated upon viral infection and are crucial for control of viral replication and dissemination, especially at mucosal surfaces as key locations for host exposure to pathogens. Inhibition of viral establishment and spread at and from these mucosal sites is paramount for preventing severe disease, while concomitantly limiting putative detrimental effects of inflammation. Here, we compare the roles of type I, II, and III IFNs in regulating three archetypal viruses - norovirus, herpes simplex virus, and severe acute respiratory virus coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) - which infect distinct mammalian mucosal tissues. Emerging paradigms include highly specific roles for IFNs in limiting local versus systemic infection, synergistic activities, and a spectrum of protective versus detrimental effects of IFNs during the infection response.

Indexed as

COVID-19Virus DiseasesAnimalsHumansImmunity, InnateInterferonsMucous MembraneSARS-CoV-2Virus ReplicationInterferonsherpesvirusIFN-alpha/betaIFN-gammaIFN-lambdainterferonsinterferon-stimulated genesmucosal virusesnorovirusSARS-CoV-2viral antagonism

Identifiers

PMID34629295
PMCPMC8496891
OpenAlexW3202602072

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