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ReviewAmerican journal of physiology. Cell physiology2023

A virological view of tenascin-C in infection.

Lorena Zuliani-Alvarez, Anna M Piccinini

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In one paragraph

Review in American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. The Role of Tenascin-C in Neuroinflammation and Neuroplasticity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lorena Zuliani-AlvarezQBI Coronavirus Research Group, San Francisco, California.
Anna M PiccininiSchool of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-7588-0415
University of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Nottingham · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust 204843/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tenascin-C is a large extracellular matrix glycoprotein with complex, not yet fully unveiled roles. Its context- and structure-dependent modus operandi renders tenascin-C a puzzling protein. Since its discovery ∼40 years ago, research into tenascin-C biology continues to reveal novel functions, the most recent of all being its immunomodulatory activity, especially its role in infection, which is just now beginning to emerge. Here, we explore the role of tenascin-C in the immune response to viruses, including SARS-CoV-2 and HIV-1. Recently, tenascin-C has emerged as a biomarker of disease severity during COVID-19 and other viral infections, and we highlight relevant RNA sequencing and proteomic analyses that suggest a correlation between tenascin-C levels and disease severity. Finally, we ask what the function of this protein during viral replication is and propose tenascin-C as an intercellular signal of inflammation shuttled to distal sites via exosomes, a player in the repair and remodeling of infected and damaged tissues during severe infectious disease, as well as a ligand for specific pathogens with distinct implications for the host.

Indexed as

TenascinVirus DiseasesCOVID-19Extracellular MatrixHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansProteomicsSARS-CoV-2TenascinHIV-1immune responseSARS-CoV-2tenascin-Cviral infection

Identifiers

PMID36458980
PMCPMC9762962
OpenAlexW4310558761

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Registered trials

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