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ArticleJournal of neurovirology2003

In vitro modulation of the multiple sclerosis (MS)-associated retrovirus by cytokines: implications for MS pathogenesis.

Caterina Serra, Giuseppe Mameli, Giannina Arru, Stefano Sotgiu, Giulio Rosati, Antonina Dolei

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Article in Journal of neurovirology, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
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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.

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Endogenous Retroviruses in Nervous System Disorders.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  17. Human endogenous retroviruses and the nervous system.Handbook of clinical neurology · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Caterina SerraSection of Microbiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Giuseppe Mameli
Giannina Arru
Stefano Sotgiu
Giulio Rosati
Antonina Dolei
University of Sassari · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS)-associated retrovirus (MSRV) is a component of the human endogenous retrovirus (HERV)-W family, with gliotoxic and superantigenic properties, related to MS clinical progression, and transactivated by viral agents. The authors studied MSRV modulation by cytokines involved in vivo in MS course, utilizing peripheral blood mononuclear cells from MSRV-positive and MRSV-negative individuals. Cultured cells from MSRV-negative subjects did not produce virus, whereas spontaneous MSRV release was detected in cultures from MSRV-positive donors; virus release was increased by interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-6 and, to a greater extent, by the detrimental cytokines interferon gamma and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)alpha. Interferon beta, used in MS therapy, inhibits MSRV release. A parallel between the effects of these cytokines on MSRV production in vitro and on MS disease in vivo is observed, which deserves further elucidations.

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CytokinesHumansInterferon-betaInterferon-gammaInterleukin-4Interleukin-6Lymphocyte ActivationLymphocytesMultiple SclerosisReference ValuesRetroviridaeTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaCytokinesInterferon-betaInterferon-gammaInterleukin-4Interleukin-6Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID14602576
OpenAlexW2036739123

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