Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18779049›Full record

ReviewCell host & microbe2008

Structural insights into the mechanisms of antibody-mediated neutralization of flavivirus infection: implications for vaccine development.

Theodore C Pierson, Daved H Fremont, Richard J Kuhn, Michael S Diamond

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Review in Cell host & microbe, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 175 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
175citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
13.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

175 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 277 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Theodore C PiersonViral Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 33 North Drive, Building 33, Room 1E19A.2, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. piersontc@mail.nih.gov
Daved H Fremont
Richard J Kuhn
Michael S Diamond
Washington University in St. Louis · USNational Institutes of Health · USPurdue University West Lafayette · US

Funding

Virology and Smallpox VaccinationsU54AI057160 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI RAY, RANJIT · 2003 to 2013
$80.9M
Structure-function studies of alpha-and flavivirusesP01AI055672 · NIAID · PURDUE UNIVERSITY WEST LAFAYETTE · PI KUHN, RICHARD J. · 2003 to 2010
$18.4M
Antibody-based Protection against FlavivirsesR01AI073755 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DIAMOND, MICHAEL S, FREMONT, DAVED H. · 2007 to 2022
$11.4M
Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for West Nile VirusU01AI061373 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DIAMOND, MICHAEL S · 2005 to 2009
$5.1M
Safe Antibody Prophylaxis and Therapy Against Dengue VirusU01AI077955 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DIAMOND, MICHAEL S · 2008 to 2011
$3.4M
ANTIBODY-BASED PROTECTION AGAINST FLAVIVIRUSESU01AI073755 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI James E Crowe, Michael S Diamond · 2024 to 2026
$3.3M
Outcomes of the Interactions of Flaviviruses with AntiboZ01AI000957 · NIAID · NIAID EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES · PI PIERSON, THEODORE C. · 2005 to 2008
$1.3M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AI000957NIAID NIH HHS AI061373NIAID NIH HHS AI073755NIAID NIH HHS AI55672NIAID NIH HHS AI77955NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI055672NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI073755NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI061373NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI073755NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI077955NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI057160
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flaviviruses are a group of small RNA viruses that cause severe disease in humans worldwide and are the target of several vaccine development programs. A primary goal of these efforts is to elicit a protective humoral response directed against the envelope proteins arrayed on the surface of the flavivirus virion. Advances in the structural biology of these viruses has catalyzed rapid progress toward understanding the complexity of the flavivirus immunogen and the molecular basis of antibody-mediated neutralization. These insights have identified factors that govern the potency of neutralizing antibodies and will inform the design and evaluation of novel vaccines.

Indexed as

Antibodies, ViralAntigens, ViralComplement ActivationFlavivirusFlavivirus InfectionsHumansModels, ImmunologicalViral Envelope ProteinsViral VaccinesAntibodies, ViralAntigens, ViralViral Envelope ProteinsViral Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID18779049
PMCPMC2678546
OpenAlexW2029869358

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