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ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2008

Interferon-inducible antiviral effectors.

Anthony J Sadler, Bryan R G Williams

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · bronzeAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Immunology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 1,219 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1,219citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
39.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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.

NCT02364336 phase2completednot on this mapstarted 2015, after this paper: background citation

Mechanisms Associated With Favorable Response to Peginterferon-Alpha Add-on Therapy Following Long-term Nucleos(t)Ide Analogue Treatment in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B

TypeinterventionalSponsorNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)Ran2015 to 2018Enrolled14ConditionsChronic Hepatitis BArmsPeginterferon alfa-2a
NCT05965388 not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Predictive Value of HBV pgRNA on Long-term Outcomes in Hepatitis B Patients Treated With Antiviral Therapy

TypeobservationalSponsorWen-hong ZhangRan2023 to 2029Enrolled5,000ConditionsHBV, HCCArmsnucleoside analogues or interferon
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1,219 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 2,146 citations in OpenAlex.

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1,159 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 1 country.

Anthony J SadlerMonash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.
Bryan R G Williams
Monash Institute of Medical Research · AUMonash University · AU

Funding

TELOMERASE INACTIVATION BY RNASE L SIGNALS CELL DEATHP01CA062220 · NCI · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI LI, XIAOXIA, STARK, GEORGE ROBERT · 1994 to 2020
$35.6M
REGULATION OF INTERFERON-INDUCED DSRNA-ACTIVATED KINASER01AI034039 · NIAID · MONASH UNIVERSITY · PI WILLIAMS, BRYAN R. G. · 1993 to 2008
$2.5M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA062220NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI034039
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the discovery of interferons (IFNs), considerable progress has been made in describing the nature of the cytokines themselves, the signalling components that direct the cell response and their antiviral activities. Gene targeting studies have distinguished four main effector pathways of the IFN-mediated antiviral response: the Mx GTPase pathway, the 2',5'-oligoadenylate-synthetase-directed ribonuclease L pathway, the protein kinase R pathway and the ISG15 ubiquitin-like pathway. As discussed in this Review, these effector pathways individually block viral transcription, degrade viral RNA, inhibit translation and modify protein function to control all steps of viral replication. Ongoing research continues to expose additional activities for these effector proteins and has revealed unanticipated functions of the antiviral response.

Indexed as

AnimalsCytokineseIF-2 KinaseEndoribonucleasesGTP-Binding ProteinsHumansInterferonsReceptors, InterferonSignal TransductionUbiquitinsVirus DiseasesVirus Replication2-5A-dependent ribonucleaseCytokineseIF-2 KinaseEndoribonucleasesGTP-Binding ProteinsInterferonsReceptors, InterferonUbiquitins

Identifiers

PMID18575461
PMCPMC2522268
OpenAlexW2031913105

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Registered trials

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