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ReviewVaccine2008

Complement and its role in protection and pathogenesis of flavivirus infections.

Panisadee Avirutnan, Erin Mehlhop, Michael S Diamond

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In one paragraph

Review in Vaccine, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed
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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

30 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Role of CD61+ cells in thrombocytopenia of dengue patients.International journal of hematology · 2012
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  6. Microbiology spectrum · 2024
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  17. Zika virus and the nonmicrocephalic fetus: why we should still worry.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2019
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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

3 authors.

Panisadee AvirutnanDepartment of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States.
Erin Mehlhop
Michael S Diamond

Funding

Virology and Smallpox VaccinationsU54AI057160 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI RAY, RANJIT · 2003 to 2013
$80.9M
NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI057160
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The complement system is a family of serum and cell surface proteins that recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns, altered-self ligands, and immune complexes. Activation of the complement cascade triggers several antiviral functions including pathogen opsonization and/or lysis, and priming of adaptive immune responses. In this review, we will examine the role of complement activation in protection and/or pathogenesis against infection by Flaviviruses, with an emphasis on experiments with West Nile and Dengue viruses.

Indexed as

Complement ActivationComplement System ProteinsFlavivirus InfectionsHumansImmunity, InnateComplement System Proteins

Identifiers

PMID19388173
PMCPMC2768071

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