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ReviewFrontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition)2009

Role of resident CNS cell populations in HTLV-1-associated neuroinflammatory disease.

Veronique Lepoutre, Pooja Jain, Kevin Quann, Brian Wigdahl, Zafar K Khan

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Review in Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition), 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 52 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Veronique LepoutreDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Disease, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA.
Pooja Jain
Kevin Quann
Brian Wigdahl
Zafar K Khan
Drexel University · US

Funding

REGULATION OF HTLV I LTR IN IMMUNE AND NERVOUS SYSTEMSR01CA054559 · NCI · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI JAIN, POOJA · 1991 to 2016
$4.8M
Define the role of dendritic cells in HTLV-1 associated neuroinflammatory diseaseR01AI077414 · NIAID · DREXEL UNIVERSITY · PI JAIN, POOJA · 2009 to 2013
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS 2R1 CA054559NCI NIH HHS CA054559NCI NIH HHS R01 CA054559NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI077414
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), the first human retrovirus discovered, is the etiologic agent for a number of disorders; the two most common pathologies include adult T cell leukemia (ATL) and a progressive demyelinating neuroinflammatory disease, HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). The neurologic dysfunction associated with HAM/TSP is a result of viral intrusion into the central nervous system (CNS) and the generation of a hyperstimulated host response within the peripheral and central nervous system that includes expanded populations of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells and proinflammatory cytokines/chemokines in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). This robust, yet detrimental immune response likely contributes to the death of myelin producing oligodendrocytes and degeneration of neuronal axons. The mechanisms of neurological degeneration in HAM/TSP have yet to be fully delineated in vivo and may involve the immunogenic properties of the HTLV-1 transactivator protein Tax. This comprehensive review characterizes the available knowledge to date concerning the effects of HTLV-1 on CNS resident cell populations with emphasis on both viral and host factors contributing to the genesis of HAM/TSP.

Indexed as

Central Nervous SystemHTLV-I InfectionsHumansHuman T-lymphotropic virus 1Muscular DiseasesParaparesis, Tropical Spastic

Identifiers

PMID19273122
PMCPMC2739244
OpenAlexW2146072335

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