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ReviewFrontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library2008

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis infection of the central nervous system.

Silvia S Kang, Dorian B McGavern

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Review in Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
59citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 84 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Silvia S KangMolecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Dorian B McGavern
Scripps Research Institute · US

Funding

Pathogenesis of viral meningitisZIANS003112 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI MCGAVERN, DORIAN · 2009 to 2025
$33.6M
Virology of the Central Nervous SystemT32NS041219 · NINDS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI ELDER, JOHN H · 2001 to 2010
$2.4M
In Vivo Analysis of T lymphocytes in the Persistently Infected CNSR01AI070967 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI OLDSTONE, MICHAEL B · 2007 to 2011
$2.3M
NIAID NIH HHS AI070967-01NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI070967NINDS NIH HHS NS041219-06NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS041219
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viral infection of the central nervous system (CNS) can result in a multitude of responses including pathology, persistence or immune clearance. Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a powerful model system to explore these potential outcomes of CNS infection due to the diversity of responses that can be achieved after viral inoculation. Several factors including tropism, timing, dose and variant of LCMV in combination with the development or suppression of the corresponding immune response dictates whether lethal meningitis, chronic infection or clearance of LCMV in the CNS will occur. Importantly, the functionality and positioning of the LCMV-specific CD8+ T cell response are critical in directing the subsequent outcome of CNS LCMV infection. Although a basic understanding of LCMV and immune interactions in the brain exists, the molecular machinery that shapes the balance between pathogenesis and clearance in the LCMV-infected CNS remains to be elucidated. This review covers the various outcomes of LCMV infection in the CNS and what is currently known about the impact of the virus itself versus the immune response in the development of disease or clearance.

Indexed as

Acute DiseaseAnimalsCarrier StateCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCentral Nervous SystemDisease Models, AnimalHumansImmunotherapyInfant, NewbornInfant, Newborn, DiseasesLymphocytic ChoriomeningitisLymphocytic choriomeningitis virusMental DisordersMiceT-Lymphocytes

Identifiers

PMID18508527
PMCPMC5279998
OpenAlexW1504166568

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