Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18790073›Full record

ReviewMicrobes and infection

Role of CD8(+)T cells in the host response to Chlamydia.

Benjamin Wizel, Johanna Nyström-Asklin, Claudio Cortes, Amy Tvinnereim

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Review in Microbes and infection. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Computational design of a novel chimeric multi-epitope vaccine against chlamydia trachomatis serovar a to prevent trachoma.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2026
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  7. Complement andFrontiers in immunology · 2021
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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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Benjamin WizelDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, TX 75708, USA. bwizel@intercell.com
Johanna Nyström-Asklin
Claudio Cortes
Amy Tvinnereim
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler · USIntercell (Austria) · AT

Funding

CD8+T cell responses to Chlamydia pneumoniaeR01HL070641 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH CTR AT TYLER · PI WIZEL, BENJAMIN · 2002 to 2006
$1.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL70641NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL070641
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chlamydia infections constitute a major public health problem. Although multiple arms of the immune system participate in the control of Chlamydia in infected hosts, T lymphocytes are essential. This review focuses on the roles that CD8(+)T cells may play in immunoprotection and immunopathology following recognition of Chlamydia-infected cells.

Indexed as

CD8-Positive T-LymphocytesChlamydiaChlamydia InfectionsHumans

Identifiers

PMID18790073
PMCPMC2640455
OpenAlexW2052018822

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