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ReviewClinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.)2008

Immune responses during acute and chronic infection with hepatitis C virus.

Shigeaki Ishii, Margaret James Koziel

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In one paragraph

Review in Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.), 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Innate Immunity in Hepatitis C Virus Infection.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2021
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  5. Changes on Hepatitis C virus genotype distribution in Western Turkey: Evaluation of twelve-year data.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2020
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  6. ImmunodominantFrontiers in immunology · 2020
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  8. Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Vaccine Development.Journal of clinical and experimental hepatology · 2018
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  9. The -Frontiers in immunology · 2018
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  17. Ever closer to a prophylactic vaccine for HCV.Expert opinion on biological therapy · 2013
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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.

Shigeaki IshiiInfectious Disease Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Margaret James Koziel
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · US

Funding

Viral, T Cell, &Cytokine Determinants of Stellate CellU19AI066313 · NIAID · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI KOZIEL, MARGARET J · 2005 to 2009
$2.6M
NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI066313
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) induces persistent infection and causes chronic liver disease in most infected patients. Vigorous HCV-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses against HCV multiple epitopes are necessary for spontaneous viral clearance during the acute phase, but the virus appears to have multiple strategies to evade these defenses. There are relatively few studies on the role of immune responses during the chronic phase of infection. CD4+ T cell responses appear to protect against liver injury and may be important to clearance during interferon and ribavirin based therapy. Classic cytotoxic T cells (CTL) may primarily damage the liver in chronic HCV, but there may be subpopulations of T cells that protect against liver inflammation. Resolution of these outstanding questions is important to the development of a prophylactic vaccine as well as improving therapeutic options for those with chronic infection.

Indexed as

HepacivirusAntiviral AgentsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesDrug Therapy, CombinationEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHepatitis CHumansInterferon-alphaInterferon alpha-2LiverRecombinant ProteinsRibavirinT-Cell Antigen Receptor SpecificityT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicT-Lymphocyte SubsetsAntiviral AgentsEpitopes, T-LymphocyteInterferon-alphaInterferon alpha-2Recombinant ProteinsRibavirin

Identifiers

PMID18514579
PMCPMC4405177
OpenAlexW2055412440

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