Evidence map›Paper›PMID 17855518›Full record

ArticleJournal of virology2007

Virally delivered cytokines alter the immune response to future lung infections.

James Harker, Alexander Bukreyev, Peter L Collins, Belinda Wang, Peter J M Openshaw, John S Tregoning

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Article in Journal of virology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Self-Amplifying RNA Vaccines Give Equivalent Protection against Influenza to mRNA Vaccines but at Much Lower Doses.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2018
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  10. Neonatal antibody responses are attenuated by interferon-γ produced by NK and T cells during RSV infection.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2013
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  15. Anti-inflammatory effect of MUC1 during respiratory syncytial virus infection of lung epithelial cells in vitro.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2010
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  17. Outcome of critically ill patients with influenza virus infection.Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology · 2009
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  19. Protective T cell immunity against respiratory syncytial virus is efficiently induced by recombinant BCG.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2008
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

James HarkerDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, MRC & Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Campus, London W2 1PG, United Kingdom.
Alexander Bukreyev
Peter L Collins
Belinda Wang
Peter J M Openshaw
John S Tregoning
Imperial College London · GBNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · USAsthma UK · GB

Funding

Laboratory Studies of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Other PneumovirusesZIAAI000372 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI BUCHHOLZ, URSULA · 2009 to 2025
$21.8M
RSV PROTEINS--ROLES IN HOST IMMUNITY AND IMMUNOPROPHYLAXISZ01AI000372 · NIAID · NIAID EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES · PI COLLINS, PETER LEON · 1985 to 2008
$11.0M
Intramural NIH HHSWellcome Trust 071381/Z/03/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important cause of infant morbidity and mortality worldwide and is increasingly recognized to have a role in the development and exacerbation of chronic lung diseases. There is no effective vaccine, and we reasoned that it might be possible to skew the immune system towards beneficial nonpathogenic responses by selectively priming protective T-cell subsets. We therefore tested recombinant RSV (rRSV) candidates expressing prototypic murine Th1 (gamma interferon [IFN-gamma]) or Th2 (interleukin-4 [IL-4]) cytokines, with detailed monitoring of responses to subsequent infections with RSV or (as a control) influenza A virus. Although priming with either recombinant vector reduced viral load during RSV challenge, enhanced weight loss and enhanced pulmonary influx of RSV-specific CD8+ T cells were observed after challenge in mice primed with rRSV/IFN-gamma. By contrast, rRSV/IL-4-primed mice were protected against weight loss during secondary challenge but showed airway eosinophilia. When rRSV/IL-4-primed mice were challenged with influenza virus, weight loss was attenuated but was again accompanied by marked airway eosinophilia. Thus, immunization directed toward enhancement of Th1 responses reduces viral load but is not necessarily protective against disease. Counter to expectation, Th2-biased responses were more beneficial but also influenced the pathological effects of heterologous viral challenge.

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsBody WeightCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesFemaleHumansInterferon-gammaInterleukin-4LungMicePulmonary EosinophiliaRespiratory Syncytial VirusesRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsRespiratory Syncytial Virus VaccinesVaccines, SyntheticAdjuvants, ImmunologicInterferon-gammaInterleukin-4Respiratory Syncytial Virus VaccinesVaccines, Synthetic

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PMID17855518
PMCPMC2169117
OpenAlexW1973542606

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